---
title: "Blue Corporal"
description: "Ladona deplanata — Insekten & Spinnen. The blue corporal (Ladona deplanata), also known as little corporal, is a dragonfly in the Libellulidae, or skimmer family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/blue-corporal
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blue Corporal

> Ladona deplanata — Insekten & Spinnen. The blue corporal (Ladona deplanata), also known as little corporal, is a dragonfly in the Libellulidae, or skimmer family.

- Scientific name: *Ladona deplanata*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (See & Fluss)
- iNaturalist observations: 13269
- Wikidata: [Q20809648](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20809648)
- iNaturalist taxon: [103927](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/103927)

## Names

- en: Blue Corporal

## Countries with the most observations

US (12897)

## Summary

The blue corporal (Ladona deplanata), also known as little corporal, is a dragonfly in the Libellulidae, or skimmer family. First described as Libellula deplanata by Jules Pierre Rambur in 1842, it is common across much of the eastern United States.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_corporal

## Photo

![Blue Corporal](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-corporal/medium.jpg)

Photo: Austin Pursley · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/42624196

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blue-corporal?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).