Adult males have a short, stout, chalky light blue abdomen and wide dark patches on each wing. Females have a short stout abdomen which is brown with several oblique light markings; their wings have 3 evenly spaced patches. Young males have the female body pattern, but the male wing pattern. (Bugguide)
Females can be confused with female Twelve-spotted Skimmers, but Whitetail females have an interrupted stripe, not a solid stripe on the abdomen. (Bugguide)
6/12/2015 Male
5/30/2020 Young male
7/3/2008 Female
