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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Pondhawks (Erythemis) » Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
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Blue dragonfly - Erythemis simplicicollis
Copyright © 2008 Jeanne Steele

Blue dragonfly - Erythemis simplicicollis
Spring Valley Nature Area in Schaumburg, Cook County, Illinois, USA
June 24, 2008
Size: 1.5 inch
I don't think it's blue dasher. Green face and pale pruinose blue thorax and abdomen. Sorry for the quality...

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Contributed by Jeanne Steele on 24 June, 2008 - 11:29pm
Last updated 23 July, 2008 - 11:33pm

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.
… john and jane balaban, 23 July, 2008 - 11:33pm login or register to post comments

Looks to be a male
Erythemis simplicicollis
… john and jane balaban, 24 June, 2008 - 11:39pm login or register to post comments

 
hmmm....
Isn't it a little small for Eastern Pondhawk? Does that matter? I've seen female eastern pondhawk, and I remember her being much larger than this guy, but I don't know if that matters...
… Jeanne Steele, 25 June, 2008 - 5:57am login or register to post comments

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