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Halloween Pennant Dragonfly

Celithemis eponina

Photo by Cheryl Lee
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Notes:

Does anyone know what those small red bumps are on it's thorax? Some kind of parasite perhaps?

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Species ID Suggestions

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Jacob Gorneau
They're mites of some sort, likely Hydrachnidia, known as Water Mites. http://bugguide.net/node/view/125869 http://bugguide.net/node/view/729566

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