251 Birds

The blue dasher is one of the more spectacular dragonflies common in northern New England (and, in fact, most of the eastern US).  I’ve seen them in a variety of environments with nearby slow water and cattails in common.  Here’s a mature male at the pond’s edge:

Blue dashers are monotypic- the only species in their genus.  There seems to be quite a bit of variety in their coloration, but I’ve yet to find one that is boring. A young female at a community garden in Burlington:

And, most outrageously patterned and colored, and older female beside a tiny stormwater detention pond:

Shelburne Pond

Burlington Co-Housing

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