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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Emeralds (Corduliidae) » Baskettails (Epitheca) » Prince Baskettail (Epitheca princeps)
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Prince Baskettail - Epitheca princeps
Copyright © 2007 Tom Bentley

Prince Baskettail - Epitheca princeps
Bluff Spring Fen, Cook County, Illinois, USA
June 3, 2007
I thought it was a Libellula pulchella - Twelve-spotted Skimmer but the claspers look to large...
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Contributed by Tom Bentley on 5 June, 2007 - 7:08pm
Last updated 6 June, 2007 - 8:43am

Prince Baskettail
Looks to me like a Prince Baskettail, Epitheca (Epicordulia) princeps. Only the mature males have green eyes; the females and immature males have brown eyes.

The Twelve-spotted Skimmer was a reasonable guess, because the wing patterns are similar.
… June Tveekrem, 5 June, 2007 - 7:33pm login or register to post comments

 
So I wasn't totally crazy thi
So I wasn't totally crazy thinking this guy looked different! Good to know...slowly learning these guys!
… Tom Bentley, 5 June, 2007 - 7:54pm login or register to post comments

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