blue dasher dragonfly – Page 2

Your Daily Dasher.

Blue dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis ♂), Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.

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Dasher.

Blue dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis

♂), Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona

Dasher.

Blue dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis

♂), Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona

Bashful blue dasher.

Pachydiplax longipennis at the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, Phoenix, Arizona.

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Bashful blue dasher.

Pachydiplax longipennis at the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, Phoenix, Arizona.

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Blue dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis ♀). Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, Phoenix, Arizona.

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Blue dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis ♀). Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, Phoenix, Arizona.

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Blue dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis). At the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Blue dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis). At the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Blue dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis ♂), in Portsmouth, Virginia.

This photo shows the dasher’s bum pointing straight up in what is called an obelisk posture. The behavior is thought to be a heat-regulating mechanism that reduces the surface area of the insect’s body exposed to direct sunlight. .