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Is this an American emerald, male ? - Somatochlora incurvata
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Is this an American emerald, male ? - Somatochlora incurvata
Alger County, Michigan, USA
August 25, 2012

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Is this an American emerald, male ? - Somatochlora incurvata Is this an American emerald, male ? - Somatochlora incurvata Is this an American emerald, male ? - Somatochlora incurvata
Contributed by Henry Burton on 28 May, 2013 - 11:22am
Last updated 28 December, 2013 - 12:45pm

Moved
Moved from Emeralds.
… Ben Coulter, 28 December, 2013 - 12:45pm

Somatochlora incurvata
Nice find!
… Ben Coulter, 28 December, 2013 - 12:45pm

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.
… john and jane balaban, 2 July, 2013 - 4:30pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 10 June, 2013 - 8:55pm

Somatochlora incurvata ?
S. incurvata seems the most likely species to me as well. Seeing the side of the thorax may have helped with identification but that isn't always possible.
… DeeDee, 28 May, 2013 - 4:35pm

Somatochlora
perhaps Kennedy's. Can you provide a blow-up of the cerci?
… Larry de March, 28 May, 2013 - 11:49am

 
Somatochlora incurvata
is what I'm leaning towards but I have no experience with that species
… Larry de March, 28 May, 2013 - 1:03pm

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