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Dragonhunter (female)

A Dragonhunter dragonfly (Hagenius brevistylus) was spotted at South Fork Quantico Creek along “South Valley Trail,” Prince William Forest Park, Prince William County, Virginia USA.

21 JUN 2019 | Prince William Forest Park | Dragonhunter (female)

This individual is a female, although it is difficult to see some critical field marks from the viewpoint in the preceding photo. Thanks to Michael Boatwright, founder and administrator of the Virginia Odonata Facebook group, for confirming my tentative identification of the gender.

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3 Responses to “Dragonhunter (female)”

  1. Dragonhunter on alert | Mike Powell Says:
    June 24, 2019 at 6:40 am | Reply

    […] however, wanted more of a frontal view  and waded into the water to get that shot. Check out today’s posting on his blog and you can compare the results of our different […]

  2. Michael Boatwright Says:
    June 24, 2019 at 8:51 am | Reply

    Beauty!

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