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Lake Emerald - Somatochlora cingulata - female
Copyright © 2009 Aaron Brees

Lake Emerald - Somatochlora cingulata - Female
Big Lake, Echo Trail, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
July 23, 2008
I find females every year cruising roads and lakeside clearings, but the males seem to stay well out over open water and I have never managed to catch one.
Contributed by Aaron Brees on 27 April, 2009 - 9:29pm

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