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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Pondhawks (Erythemis) » Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
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Eastern Pondhawk - Erythemis simplicicollis - male
Copyright © 2010 Jo Smith

Eastern Pondhawk - Erythemis simplicicollis - Male
Ozark Mountains, Searcy County, Arkansas, USA
July 28, 2010
Immature male Eastern Pondhawk?
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Contributed by Marvin Smith on 31 July, 2010 - 12:23pm
Last updated 1 August, 2010 - 1:51am

No, immature,is the correct word.
It is common to see adult dragonflies referred to as Immature when they have not yet turned their mature adult color. We think of that word being used for the green males and so that is why we were puzzled. But now we see the little green that is still left and why you used it here.
… john and jane balaban, 1 August, 2010 - 8:33am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.
… Marvin Smith, 1 August, 2010 - 1:51am login or register to post comments

Yes to the rest
but not sure why you would suggest immature.
… john and jane balaban, 31 July, 2010 - 5:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the confirmation
"Immature" is evidently the wrong word. What I was trying to indicate was that I still some green on the body of this dragonfly and, therefore, assumed it to be in the latter stages of what the Guide identifies as "Turning Blue" -- not quite yet to what the Guide calls "Full Adult Blue".
… Marvin Smith, 1 August, 2010 - 1:59am login or register to post comments

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