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Dragonfly - Dorocordulia lepida - male

Dragonfly - Dorocordulia lepida - Male
Heath Pond Bog, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
May 30, 2010

Moved
Moved from Emeralds.

Delicate Emerald female...
tentatively, but fits all from what I can see. Nice shots Tom!

 
Petite Emerald, I presume?
Hi Denis. I think you might mean that this is a Petite Emerald (Dorocordulia lepida). There are some features wrong for Delicate Emerald (Somatochlora franklini).

 
OOPS! Yes indeed!
Ben, thanks very much for picking that up...If I would have added the scientific name Dorocordulia lepida to Delicate Emerald (Delicate vs Petite is apparently kind of the same in my mind I guess...Duh), I think the error would have been more obvious to others too. Your eagle eyes are very much appreciated! This is indeed Dorocordulia lepida aka the PETITE Emerald. Still a GREAT Shot of a species not that often well seen, at least in this neck of the woods,

 
no worries!
And these certainly fit the definition of delicate, don't they?

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.

perhaps a female Emerald
But would need other views for me to species.

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