Western pondhawk possibly - Erythemis

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… Nick Block, 20 November, 2008 - 10:20am

Male

This is actually a very young male, as indicated by the terminal appendages. I'm not sure it can be identified to species with 100% certainty. It kind of looks like an intergrade between Eastern and Western, with pale cerci (like Eastern) but extensive green on the abdomen (like Western). The location is certainly in the zone of overlap between these two taxa, and this bug might be an example of why some people do not consider the two species as separate.

… Nick Block, 18 November, 2008 - 2:43pm

Thanks for your interesting a

Thanks for your interesting and helpful comments!

… Ann Cooper, 18 November, 2008 - 6:50pm

As an editor, you now have the ability

to edit this submission and change the gender if you like. It does look more like a Western than like our local Easterns here. BugGuide currently has them separate, but that could easily change in the future.

… john and jane balaban, 18 November, 2008 - 4:35pm