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Dragonfly

Photo by SarahScott
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Field Notes

Notes:

This dragonfly fell from a silk tree to the ground in front of me. I don't know what was wrong with it, but it died later. I thought it may have been exposed to the insecticides the fields nearby were spraying.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
KarenL
Possibly a female western pondhawk - erythemis collocata http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythemis_collocata Sad that it didn't survive.

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Global Dragonflies & Damselflies
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2011

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