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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Emeralds (Corduliidae) » Little Emeralds (Dorocordulia) » Petite Emerald (Dorocordulia lepida)
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Somatochlora sp 071411 - Dorocordulia lepida - female
Copyright © 2011 Dennis Skillman

Somatochlora sp 071411 - Dorocordulia lepida - Female
Fremont, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
July 14, 2011
Size: est. 40-50 mm

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Somatochlora sp 071411 - Dorocordulia lepida - female Somatochlora sp 071411 - Dorocordulia lepida - female
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Contributed by Dennis Skillman on 14 July, 2011 - 2:22pm
Last updated 15 June, 2020 - 2:18pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ben Coulter, 19 July, 2011 - 8:54am login or register to post comments

Petite Emerald (Dorocordulia lepida) (female)
I agree.
… Dennis Skillman, 19 July, 2011 - 3:50am login or register to post comments

Petite emerald?
How about Dorocordulia lepida?
… Larry de March, 15 July, 2011 - 12:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Not somatochlora
There is too much color in the abdomen and not enough in the thorax (thoracic stripes) to be Somatochlora-- Also, Somatochlora tend to have rather long ovipositors and your close up shows a very small one.

After looking up the Petite emerald,(Dorocordulia lepida-- I agree with Ben that this is likely what this specimen is.
… Sandra Hunt-von Arb, 15 July, 2011 - 3:35pm login or register to post comments

More photos?
Is this emerald posed? If so, perhaps you have in the hand photos you could add? A closeup of the tip of the abdomen would be very useful in particular.
… Ben Coulter, 15 July, 2011 - 11:11am login or register to post comments

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