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Ebony Boghaunter (Williamsonia fletcheri) ??? - Cordulia shurtleffii
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Ebony Boghaunter (Williamsonia fletcheri) ??? - Cordulia shurtleffii
Three Mile Bay, White Lake, Lanark, Ontario, Canada
May 23, 2018
This individual was labeled within my files for a long time as an American emerald. It caught my eye today, and I wonder if it is a boghaunter instead. Your advice, as always, is greatly appreciated.
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Contributed by Carolyn Waddell on 25 January, 2021 - 2:14pm
Last updated 26 January, 2021 - 10:36am

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Moved from American Emerald. You had it labeled correctly. that is a female American Emerald. A female Ebony Boghaunter would be proportionally shorter and would show a second white ring on the abdomen.

See this page: http://wiatri.net/inventory/odonata/SpeciesAccounts/SpeciesDetail.cfm?TaxaID=80
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