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Racket-tailed Emerald

Dorocordulia libera

Photo by Nature Nerd
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Field Notes

Description:

The Racket-Tailed Emerald is more slender and fragile-looking than most other emeralds. The length of the body averages about 1.1 inches. They have a metallic green thorax with brown hairs, black legs, and clear wings. The eyes are metallic green, seemly luminous. The abdomen is thinly haired bronze-green. Its black abdomen is almost shaped like a spatula with a narrow tip.

Habitat:

Sandy Prairie adjacent to wetland

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