Pachydiplax longipennis (Blue Dasher)

One of two dragonfly species that we found on a small pond near a medical facility during our 2024 late season visit to Richmond, Va., supposedly one of the most widespread dragonflies in the States. We found the female, happily, at Lake Anna.

Note the black tip to the abdomen and the three dark stripes on the sides of the abdomen.

male
female