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beautiful male dragonfly This is a male dragonfly that was flying around my pond. He's very fast and was hard to get pictures of. Eastern Pondhawk,Erythemis simplicicollis Click/tap to enlarge Species intro

beautiful male dragonfly

This is a male dragonfly that was flying around my pond. He's very fast and was hard to get pictures of.

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  1. Great shot! Posted 12 years ago

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''Erythemis simplicicollis'', the eastern pondhawk, also known as the common pondhawk, is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae, native to the eastern two-thirds of the United States and southern Ontario and Quebec, Canada. It is a dragonfly of ponds and still waters. The species is distinguished in that the female is bright green with a banded abdomen and the mature male has a blue abdomen with a green face and green and blue thorax.

Similar species: Dragonflies And Damselflies
Species identified by Britney Mae Farlow
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By Britney Mae Farlow

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Uploaded Oct 10, 2012. Captured Jun 12, 2012 14:57.
  • Canon EOS REBEL T3i
  • f/9.0
  • 1/256s
  • ISO100
  • 250mm