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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 - male
Copyright © 2010 Tim Lethbridge

Blue dragonfly - Erythemis simplicicollis - Male
Lake Placid, Highlands County, Florida, USA
November 15, 2009
Size: 40mm roughly
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Contributed by Tim Lethbridge on 31 March, 2010 - 9:59pm
Last updated 1 April, 2010 - 10:00am

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies. Thanks for the help on the ID, I have corrected the size.
… Tim Lethbridge, 1 April, 2010 - 9:58am login or register to post comments

The size has to be wrong
This is most certainly male, Erythemis simplicicollis, but that would be much larger than 20 mm, probably even larger than 40mm
… john and jane balaban, 1 April, 2010 - 9:09am login or register to post comments

A stab in the dark...
This seems "a little" small for a Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis), but the colour fits...In the right range for a Little Blue Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax minuscula) which also fits for the colour, but the eyes don't seem right. But do go have a look at those and see what you think, while awaiting another opinion. (Don't have much experience with Fla species except those that occur way up here in Canada)
… Denis A. Doucet, 1 April, 2010 - 6:41am login or register to post comments

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