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Calico Pennant - Celithemis elisa
Copyright © 2009 Stephen Gingold

Calico Pennant - Celithemis elisa
New Salem, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
June 17, 2009
Size: @2"
There were literally dozens of these in a field about 500yds from a pond. I read that the females and immature males can look alike. That might account for dozens all seemingly the same?
My other image has a reddish mass near the end of the abdomen.

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Contributed by Stephen Gingold on 17 June, 2009 - 5:05pm

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