Fig 1.
Dorsal view of a (a) male common whitetail skimmer dragonfly and (b) female common whitetail skimmer dragonfly (Plathemis lydia).
Fig 2.
Mean body length for male and female common whitetail skimmer dragonfly (Plathemis lydia).
Fig 3.
Wing length comparisons between male and female common whitetail skimmer dragonfly (Plathemis lydia): (a) Forewing length and (b) Hindwing length. The teal colored circles and slope represent data from female dragonflies whereas royal blue colored triangles and slope represent data from male P. lydia dragonflies.
Fig 4.
Wing area comparisons between male and female common whitetail skimmer dragonfly (Plathemis lydia): (a) Forewing area and (b) Hindwing area. The teal colored circles and slope represent data from female dragonflies whereas royal blue colored triangles and slope represent data from male P. lydia dragonflies.
Fig 5.
Wing loading comparisons between male and female common whitetail skimmer dragonfly (Plathemis lydia).
The teal colored circles and slope represent data from female dragonflies whereas royal blue colored triangles and slope represent data from male P. lydia dragonflies.
Table 1.
Summary of morphological comparisons using an ANCOVA test.
Fig 6.
(a) Transformation grids and (b) warped outline drawings for fore wing shapes of male and female common whitetail skimmer dragonfly (Plathemis lydia).
Fig 7.
(a) Transformation grids and (b) warped outline drawings for hind wing shapes of male and female common whitetail skimmer dragonfly (Plathemis lydia).