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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Emeralds (Corduliidae) » Baskettails (Epitheca)
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dragonfly naiad - Epitheca
Copyright © 2011 Molly Jacobson

dragonfly naiad - Epitheca
Great Brook Farm State Park, Carlisle, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
April 29, 2011
This is a list of all the dragonflies ever seen at this pond:
-Slaty Skimmer
-Spangled Skimmer
-Common Whitetail
-Twelve-Spotted Skimmer
-Common Green Darner
-Eastern Pondhawk
-Eastern Amberwing
-Unicorn Clubtail
-Widow Skimmer

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Contributed by Molly Jacobson on 25 July, 2011 - 8:47am
Last updated 12 October, 2012 - 7:26am

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Moved from Unidentified Naiads and Exuviae.
… john and jane balaban, 12 October, 2012 - 7:26am login or register to post comments

Corduliidae, maybe Epithca cynusura
None of the species on your list look anything like this as larvae. Corduliids are less conspicuous as adults than these species. They don't stay by the pond all the time and some species may only come by in the early morning or evening.
… Ben Van Allen, 11 October, 2012 - 11:04pm login or register to post comments

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