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 (Ladona deplanata)Sandhills Game Lands, Crawford Lake, Scotland Co., NC28 Apr 2019
Blue Corporal (Ladona deplanata)Sandhills Game Lands, Crawford Lake, Scotland Co., NC28 Apr 2019
Blue Corporal (Ladona deplanata)Brumley Preserve, Orange Co., NC4 May 2023
Blue Corporal (Ladona deplanata)Brumley Preserve, Orange Co., NC12 Apr 2023
Blue Corporal (Ladona deplanata), MaleOrange Co., NC20 Apr 2006
Blue Corporal (Ladona deplanata)Orange Co., NC5 Apr 2005
Blue Corporal (Ladona deplanata), Female (or young male)Sandhills GamelandsScotland Co., NC10 April 2004
Blue Corporal (Ladona deplanata)Blackwood Division, Duke ForestOrange Co., NC15 April 2004
Blue Corporal (Ladona deplanata)Orange Co., NC16 May 2009Worn male
Blue Corporal (Ladona deplanata)Weymouth Woods, Moore Co., NC31 Mar 2016
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