Blue Corporal (Ladona deplanata)

(Formerly placed in the genus Libellula.) Widespread in the piedmont and coastal plain of NC, this species flies only in the springtime. Males become light blue, while females are reddish to brownish. Its distribution in the mountains of NC is not well known. Note the light stripes on the front of the thorax.
Blue Corporal (Libellula deplanata) Male
Orange Co., NC
20 Apr 2006
Blue Corporal (Libellula deplanata) Male
Orange Co., NC
20 Apr 2006
Blue Corporal (Libellula deplanata) Orange Co., NC
5 Apr 2005
Blue Corporal (Libellula deplanata) Female (or young male)
Sandhills Gamelands
Scotland Co., NC
10 April 2004
Blue Corporal (Libellula deplanata) same individual
Blue Corporal (Libellula deplanata)
Blackwood Division, Duke Forest
Orange Co., NC
15 April 2004
Blue Corporal (Libellula deplanata)
Blackwood Division, Duke Forest
Orange Co., NC
15 April 2004

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