On Mon, 22 Jul 1996, Dennis Paulson wrote:

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> I think you're probably talking about Libellula lydia, the Common
> Whitetail. I would call the abdomen (the part "behind the second set of
>
>

This scientific name reminds that the French for dragonfly is libellule -
my favorite French word. Beautiful, n'est-ce pas?

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