UID dragon - Erythemis simplicicollis

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… Nick Block, 20 November, 2008 - 1:51pm

Pondhawk

This is an extremely teneral female Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis). Nothing else would be quite like this, particularly the entirely green thorax.

… Nick Block, 20 November, 2008 - 1:50pm

Books

Blair Nikula has a Dragonfly Book out in the Stokes Series which is good. Click here
Kurt Mead who hosted our Minnesota BugGuide get together (click on the photos tab just above and to the left) has a nice Dragonfly book in the North Woods series. Click here
The two Tims from the Illinois Natural History Survey are supposed to publish a book on the Dragonflies of Illinois.
But if you want an indoor book instead of a field book we would suggest James Curry's Dragonflies of Indiana. It's right next door so it's relevant, it's beautifully done, and it's not much more expensive than a field guide. Indiana Academy of Science Click here

PS Your dragonfly is a freshly emerged (teneral) Clubtail and as such doesn't have its adult colors yet. It will be tough to ID, but we have some great Odonatologists here who just may surprise us!

… john and jane balaban, 6 July, 2008 - 8:36pm

sure about clubtail?

The eyes look pretty close together to me and I think I see a hint of the skimmer boot-shaped anal loop on the left wing in the other shot.

No clue about what it is, although I keep thinking Erythrodiplax.

… Jason Forbes, 6 July, 2008 - 9:25pm

I appreciate the help. I hav

I appreciate the help. I have been making a lot of effort to get nice pictures of all the Ode's in my area. They are quite a challenge to get good pictures of. I just had never seen one of this color. I didn't think that it could have been newly emerged. Thanks for the help so far.

… atrox, 7 July, 2008 - 8:25am

Well, we yield, of course

We just took a quick look and saw it was teneral. Thanks for the help.

… john and jane balaban, 6 July, 2008 - 10:29pm