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Dragonfly Nymph (Venter) - Family Corduliidae A couple cool things about this photo:<br /> 1. You can see the mouthparts and the teeth on the labial palps<br /> 2. You can see white, nerve-like structures under the prementum<br /> <br /> Habitat: Woodland pond<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107508/dragonfly_nymph_-_family_corduliidae.html" title="Dragonfly Nymph - Family Corduliidae"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/107508_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=bceoRODsVa9l5KEMz%2FRA8lvGnWA%3D" width="200" height="148" alt="Dragonfly Nymph - Family Corduliidae This nymph was filthy. It had so much debris stuck in its hairs.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Woodland pond<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107509/dragonfly_nymph_venter_-_family_corduliidae.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107578/dragonfly_nymph_-_family_corduliidae.html<br /> <br /> To get a better understanding of dragonfly nymph parts:<br /> https://www.mdfrc.org.au/bugguide/diagrams/odonata.htm Corduliidae,Geotagged,United States,dragonfly nymph,nymph" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107578/dragonfly_nymph_-_family_corduliidae.html" title="Dragonfly Nymph - Family Corduliidae"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/107578_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=xiH%2B0cgi9FhCEgRAwMUHqi44X4w%3D" width="200" height="156" alt="Dragonfly Nymph - Family Corduliidae This nymph was filthy. It had so much debris stuck in its hairs. I was hoping to get a shot of it extending its mouthparts, but nope. Hopefully next time!<br /> <br /> Habitat: Woodland pond<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107509/dragonfly_nymph_venter_-_family_corduliidae.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107508/dragonfly_nymph_-_family_corduliidae.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107580/dragonfly_nymph_-_family_corduliidae.html Anisoptera,Corduliidae,Geotagged,Summer,United States,dragonfly,dragonfly nymph,nymph" /></a></figure><br /> <br /> <br /> To get a better understanding of dragonfly nymph parts:<br /> <a href="https://www.mdfrc.org.au/bugguide/diagrams/odonata.htm" rel="nofollow">https://www.mdfrc.org.au/bugguide/diagrams/odonata.htm</a><br /> Geotagged,United States,dragonfly nymph,nymph Click/tap to enlarge

Dragonfly Nymph (Venter) - Family Corduliidae

A couple cool things about this photo:
1. You can see the mouthparts and the teeth on the labial palps
2. You can see white, nerve-like structures under the prementum

Habitat: Woodland pond

Dragonfly Nymph - Family Corduliidae This nymph was filthy. It had so much debris stuck in its hairs.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Woodland pond<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107509/dragonfly_nymph_venter_-_family_corduliidae.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107578/dragonfly_nymph_-_family_corduliidae.html<br /> <br /> To get a better understanding of dragonfly nymph parts:<br /> https://www.mdfrc.org.au/bugguide/diagrams/odonata.htm Corduliidae,Geotagged,United States,dragonfly nymph,nymph

Dragonfly Nymph - Family Corduliidae This nymph was filthy. It had so much debris stuck in its hairs. I was hoping to get a shot of it extending its mouthparts, but nope. Hopefully next time!<br /> <br /> Habitat: Woodland pond<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107509/dragonfly_nymph_venter_-_family_corduliidae.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107508/dragonfly_nymph_-_family_corduliidae.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107580/dragonfly_nymph_-_family_corduliidae.html Anisoptera,Corduliidae,Geotagged,Summer,United States,dragonfly,dragonfly nymph,nymph



To get a better understanding of dragonfly nymph parts:
https://www.mdfrc.org.au/bugguide/diagrams/odonata.htm

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