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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Pondhawks (Erythemis) » Great Pondhawk (Erythemis vesiculosa)
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Very Green Dragonfly - Erythemis vesiculosa
Copyright © 2012 Bob Peterson

Very Green Dragonfly - Erythemis vesiculosa
Palm Beach Gardens (Prosperity Oaks Natural Area), Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
December 27, 2012
Size: 75mm
Resting in sun on wild coffee. Flew away before I could get a better angle.
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Contributed by Bob Peterson on 28 December, 2012 - 3:31am
Last updated 17 January, 2013 - 2:55am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ben Coulter, 28 December, 2012 - 2:51pm login or register to post comments

Can't see the abdomen very well,
but the large green thorax and skinny abdomen suggest the Great Pondhawk
… john and jane balaban, 28 December, 2012 - 8:39am login or register to post comments

 
Great Pondhawk
Thank you! I think that's it.
I was trying to inch around to where I could get a better shot of the abdomen when my luck ran out :)
… Bob Peterson, 28 December, 2012 - 10:31am login or register to post comments

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