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Eastern Pondhawk - Erythemis simplicicollis - male

Eastern Pondhawk - Erythemis simplicicollis - Male
Ridgeville, Mineral County, West Virginia, USA
June 18, 2006

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Eastern Pondhawk - Erythemis simplicicollis - male Eastern Pondhawk - Erythemis simplicicollis - male

Female Eastern Pondhawk
This is actually the female of the species. You took an amazing photo!

 
Nope
Laura, if you look at the other photo of this pair, you can see the hamules under the base of his abdomen. Males and females of this species (and most dragonflies) are basically identical in coloration when they first emerge from the water, and only diverge when they approach maturity (i.e. readiness to mate).

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