Female Common Whitetail Dragonfly basking on a stepping stone. Males have the white tail. Females have a brown tail bugsky dragonfly wildlifegarden backyardwildlife invertebrates

Female Common Whitetail Dragonfly basking on a stepping stone. Males have a white tail. Females have a brown tail. Dragonflies serve as natural pest control keeping mosquitoes in check. How to support them? Provide a water source. #plathemislydia

Common whitetail dragonfly resting on a log. The dragonfly's body is chalk-white, It has two pairs of wings just below its head. They are clear at the ends and close to the body, with brown bands toward the ends. It is on a log. The part it's resting on is tan and brown and there is moss along the outer part.

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