1.	Reviewed by Aaron Schusteff    Feb 13, 2009
	Action: commented on photo
	Reviewer's comments:
	"The dragonfly is a "Common Whitetail" (Plathemis lydia). The wing markings and lack of white-powdery pruinescence on the abdomen indicate an immature male. [The field guide "Dragonflies and Damselflies of California" by Tim Manolis allows for fairly straigtforward identification of most California Odonata. It's compact, well-written, and well-illustrated...I recommended it highly.]"

 
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