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<–The Racket-tailed Emerald is a small, slender emerald, about 37 to 43 mm (1.5 to 1.7 inches) long. The thorax is metallic green and covered with brown hairs. The legs are black, the wings are clear, and the eyes are metallic green in life and meet at a seam on top of the head, as in other emeralds. The dark bronze-green abdomen is narrow near the base and widens toward the tip, like a spatula or racket, which gives the species its name. This listing is for a female.
Racket-tailed Emeralds live at ponds, lake coves, bogs, and slow streams with boggy edges. The species is found across the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada, including Wisconsin, where it is fairly common through much of the state. Our specimen was collected in Douglas County, Wisconsin.
Adults often fly in sunshine around the edges of small lakes and along nearby forest roads and trails. Males patrol small stretches of shoreline or field edge. They may perch on leaves more often than many other emeralds. Like other dragonflies, they are swift aerial hunters and prey on flying insects.
This species has incomplete metamorphosis, with egg, aquatic naiad, and adult stages. The naiads are aquatic predators and live among detritus on the bottom. In Wisconsin, adults fly from late May to late August.
Racket-tailed Emeralds are beneficial predators of mosquitoes and other small insects. They are not pests and have no significant economic impact.
Dorocordulia libera (Selys, 1871) belongs to the emerald family Corduliidae, genus Dorocordulia (little emeralds).
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/17805/bgimage
<–The Racket-tailed Emerald is a small, slender emerald, about 37 to 43 mm (1.5 to 1.7 inches) long. The thorax is metallic green and covered with brown hairs. The legs are black, the wings are clear, and the eyes are metallic green in life and meet at a seam on top of the head, as in other emeralds. The dark bronze-green abdomen is narrow near the base and widens toward the tip, like a spatula or racket, which gives the species its name. This listing is for a female.
Racket-tailed Emeralds live at ponds, lake coves, bogs, and slow streams with boggy edges. The species is found across the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada, including Wisconsin, where it is fairly common through much of the state. Our specimen was collected in Douglas County, Wisconsin.
Adults often fly in sunshine around the edges of small lakes and along nearby forest roads and trails. Males patrol small stretches of shoreline or field edge. They may perch on leaves more often than many other emeralds. Like other dragonflies, they are swift aerial hunters and prey on flying insects.
This species has incomplete metamorphosis, with egg, aquatic naiad, and adult stages. The naiads are aquatic predators and live among detritus on the bottom. In Wisconsin, adults fly from late May to late August.
Racket-tailed Emeralds are beneficial predators of mosquitoes and other small insects. They are not pests and have no significant economic impact.
Dorocordulia libera (Selys, 1871) belongs to the emerald family Corduliidae, genus Dorocordulia (little emeralds).
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/17805/bgimage
