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Dragonfly - Celithemis eponina
Copyright © 2008 happytrailsuc

Dragonfly - Celithemis eponina
Elizabeth-Mattano Park, Union County, New Jersey, USA
June 18, 2008
Size: 3+"
This picture was taken near a small urban estuary.

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Contributed by happytrailsuc on 6 February, 2009 - 8:38am
Last updated 11 February, 2009 - 4:46pm

Looks like a Halloween Pennan
Looks like a Halloween Pennant, Celethemis eponia
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 6 February, 2009 - 10:26am login or register to post comments

 
slight correction
that would be Celithemis eponina
… Victor W. Fazio III, 10 February, 2009 - 7:13pm login or register to post comments

 
I Concur
Halloween Pennant. If I'm not mistaken, only the male has the red pterostigma.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 6 February, 2009 - 10:43am login or register to post comments

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