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Photo by haynesk25
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Field Notes

Description:

Dragonfly body, wings are different, color is like a nascar paintjob

Habitat:

Middle georgia

Notes:

Have submitted before but this is a better picture

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Gordon Dietzman
Certainly it is a Calopteryx, but virgo is a European species. It may be a ebony jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata), but start your search here to see if you can narrow down the ID: http://bugguide.net/node/view/550/bgimage?from=0. At any rate, it is a beautiful insect. We find them here in Minnesota along sun-dappled trout streams, and it doesn't get much better than that.
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PublishedMay 31, 2011

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