
''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
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Uploaded Dec 8, 2019. Captured Aug 4, 2019 09:14 in 281 Main St S, Woodbury, CT 06798, USA.
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