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The Eastern Pondhawk is a medium-sized skimmer, about 36 to 48 mm (1.4 to 1.9 inches) long. Mature males have a bright green face and thorax and a powdery blue abdomen, with clear wings. Females and young adults are bright green with a black-patterned abdomen. This listing is for a male. The eyes are green in life and often darken after death. This species is also called the Common Pondhawk.
Eastern Pondhawks live at ponds, lakes, marshes, and other still or sluggish waters, including man-made ponds. The species is common across the eastern and central United States and southeastern Canada, including Wisconsin, and ranges south into Mexico and the Caribbean. Our specimen was collected in Douglas County, Wisconsin.
Adults often perch on bare ground, logs, and low vegetation near water. Males defend territories along the shoreline. They are aggressive aerial hunters and prey on flying insects, including other dragonflies.
This species has incomplete metamorphosis, with egg, aquatic naiad, and adult stages. The naiads are aquatic predators. Females lay eggs in the water. Adults fly through much of the warm season, from spring into fall in the north and for a longer period farther south.
Eastern Pondhawks are beneficial predators of mosquitoes and other small insects. They are not pests and have no significant economic impact.
Erythemis simplicicollis (Say, 1839) belongs to the skimmer family Libellulidae, genus Erythemis (pondhawks). It was originally described as Libellula simplicicollis.
This preserved specimen educates on dragonfly biology and wetland insects, suitable for displays or studies.
Check it out on BugGuide! https://bugguide.net/node/view/577/bgimage
The Eastern Pondhawk is a medium-sized skimmer, about 36 to 48 mm (1.4 to 1.9 inches) long. Mature males have a bright green face and thorax and a powdery blue abdomen, with clear wings. Females and young adults are bright green with a black-patterned abdomen. This listing is for a male. The eyes are green in life and often darken after death. This species is also called the Common Pondhawk.
Eastern Pondhawks live at ponds, lakes, marshes, and other still or sluggish waters, including man-made ponds. The species is common across the eastern and central United States and southeastern Canada, including Wisconsin, and ranges south into Mexico and the Caribbean. Our specimen was collected in Douglas County, Wisconsin.
Adults often perch on bare ground, logs, and low vegetation near water. Males defend territories along the shoreline. They are aggressive aerial hunters and prey on flying insects, including other dragonflies.
This species has incomplete metamorphosis, with egg, aquatic naiad, and adult stages. The naiads are aquatic predators. Females lay eggs in the water. Adults fly through much of the warm season, from spring into fall in the north and for a longer period farther south.
Eastern Pondhawks are beneficial predators of mosquitoes and other small insects. They are not pests and have no significant economic impact.
Erythemis simplicicollis (Say, 1839) belongs to the skimmer family Libellulidae, genus Erythemis (pondhawks). It was originally described as Libellula simplicicollis.
This preserved specimen educates on dragonfly biology and wetland insects, suitable for displays or studies.
Check it out on BugGuide! https://bugguide.net/node/view/577/bgimage
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