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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Clubtails (Gomphidae) » Hagenius » Dragonhunter (Hagenius brevistylus)
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Green Clearwing (Erythemis simplicicollis) ? - Hagenius brevistylus
Copyright © 2015 John & Barbara Moerk

Green Clearwing (Erythemis simplicicollis) ? - Hagenius brevistylus
Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina, USA
August 9, 2015

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Green Clearwing (Erythemis simplicicollis) ? - Hagenius brevistylus Green Clearwing (Erythemis simplicicollis) ? - Hagenius brevistylus
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Contributed by John & Barbara Moerk on 27 September, 2015 - 11:34am
Last updated 11 October, 2015 - 11:03am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… William Edwards, 11 October, 2015 - 11:03am login or register to post comments

I've never heard of
a dragonfly called a green clearwing and Erythemis simpicollis is in the family Libellulidae while this specimen is a Dragonhunter which is in the Gomphidae.
… Larry de March, 27 September, 2015 - 12:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Audubon lists Green Clearwing
Audubon lists Green Clearwing as Erythemis simplicicollis. 2004 printing of Insects & Spiders.
Can you id the species of Gomphidae?
… John & Barbara Moerk, 29 September, 2015 - 4:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Dragonhunter
Scientific name is Hagenius brevistylus.
… Ben Coulter, 29 September, 2015 - 6:18pm login or register to post comments

 
i.d. is in my previous post
English names have been standardized since that book was published and Erythemis simplicicollis is Eastern pondhawk
… Larry de March, 29 September, 2015 - 4:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks
… John & Barbara Moerk, 29 September, 2015 - 6:37pm login or register to post comments

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