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Eastern Pondhawk Dragonfly (male)

Erythemis simplicicollis

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Field Notes

Description:

Males become pruinose blue with white claspers and a green face. Females and young males are green with square blackish spots on the abdomen.

Habitat:

Resting on a waterlily pad in a pond at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge: http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=21580

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Erythemis simplicicollis

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Global Dragonflies & Damselflies
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State Parks, NWR, WMA's of Texas
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project

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PublishedJune 3, 2013

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