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Eastern Amberwing Dragonfly

Perithemis tenera

Photo by auntnance123
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

11/2 inches long

Habitat:

spotted on tall weeds on undeveloped property

Species ID Suggestions

Eastern Amberwing

Perithemis tenera

Comments (2)

Thanks for the ID, Michael. This little guy was very cooperative. And yes it was quite early in the morning.
Nice close-up of a female Eastern Amberwing. These ones are small and I can never get them to stay still long enough to photograph. Did you get this shot in the morning?
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PublishedJune 22, 2011

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