The Common Whitetail is an extremely common dragonfly throughout North America, immediately recognized by the male's brilliant chalk-white abdomen contrasting with his brown-and-black banded wings. Females are brown with white lateral spots. Males use their white abdomen in threat and courtship displays. It adapts to nearly any open water habitat.
Habitat
Ponds, lakes, streams, ditches, and slow rivers
Diet
Adults: midges, mosquitoes, and other flying insects. Nymphs: aquatic invertebrates
How common
Common
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