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Orange male - Neurocordulia xanthosoma - male
Copyright © 2007 Herschel Raney

Orange male - Neurocordulia xanthosoma - Male
Petit Jean WMA, Conway County, Arkansas, USA
May 15, 2007
Size: 55mm
Amazingly this is the only missing Shadowdragon in the guide. It is the only one I find in my state. And this is the first adult male I have ever seen. Females much easier to find. This one flushed and perched up under this rock eve. I did not touch him.
Contributed by Herschel Raney on 15 May, 2007 - 4:29pm
Last updated 5 June, 2008 - 10:22am

Moved
Moved from Shadowdragons.
… Herschel Raney, 15 May, 2007 - 4:31pm

 
Awesome!
Shadowdragons are the coolest! We are still missing two, actually: Smoky and Alabama. Dunkle calls Alabama "one of the world's most elusive dragonflies." It would be a real feather in our cap to have a photo on here.
… Cliff Bernzweig, 15 May, 2007 - 10:22pm

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