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American Emerald (Cordulia shurtleffii)
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Copyright © 2016
kerrdelune
Unidentified Dragonfly (Lanark Highlands) -
Cordulia shurtleffii
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Lanark, Lanark Highlands, Ontario, Canada
May 22, 2016
Lovely, but can't quite place it - from anal appendages, it seems to be male
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Contributed by
kerrdelune
on 22 May, 2016 - 5:50pm
Last updated 13 August, 2019 - 11:08am
Moved
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john and jane balaban
, 22 May, 2016 - 9:54pm
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American emerald
and indeed a male.
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Larry de March
, 22 May, 2016 - 6:19pm
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Female.
The shape of the cerci, and the abdominal shape, are those of a female. There is frass protruding from the end of the abdomen, which might be confusing. The epiproct of males is forked.
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Ben Coulter
, 13 August, 2019 - 11:08am
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