Common Whitetail Dragonfly

The Common Whitetail or Long-tailed Skimmer is a common dragonfly across much of North America. The male's chunky white body combined with the brownish-black bands on its otherwise translucent wings. Females have a brown body and a different pattern of wing spots. Common Whitetails often rest on objects near the water, and sometimes on the ground.

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Black-tailed skimmer Dragonfly

The black-tailed skimmer is a European and Asian dragonfly. The adult male has a blue abdomen with a black tip and transparent wings, and the female has a brown body with black bands along the abdomen and transparent wings. Even the immature males look that way.

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Keeled Skimmer Dragonfly

The Keeled Skimmer is a species of European dragonfly. This species resembles the Black-tailed Skimmer but is slimmer and the male has no black tip. Females and immature males lack the black abdominal pattern. The pterostigma is orange and the thorax usually bears pale stripes. It breeds mainly in peat bogs and flies from June to September. 

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Emperor Dragonfly

The Emperor Dragonfly or Blue Emperor is a large species of hawker dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae. Its average length is 78 millimetres. It is found mainly in Europe and nearby Africa and Asia. Males have a sky blue abdomen marked with a diagnostic black dorsal stripe and an apple green thorax. Females have a green thorax and abdomen. 

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