Western Pondhawk
Erythemis collocata
Native
Status: Common
Size: medium
Length - 39 - 42 mm
Wing span - 60 - 65 mm
Eye color - male: deep blue eyes; female: green/reddish gray
Face color - male: bright green face, female: greenish white
Thorax color - male: pruinose blue; immature like female with thorax last to turn blue; female: emerald green
Abdomen co
lor - male: pruinose blue; female: green with top central black stripe; green fades to yellowish distally
Stigma color - male: dark yellow stigma edged in black; immature: no dark patches/spots/bands on wings
Appendages - male: dark; female yellow
Habitat - ponds, pools of creeks
Behavior - low perches or or near aquatic vegetation; may hold wings forward, but mostly flat; species eats other dragonflies
Flight period - February - October
Range - southern British Columbia east to Alberta, extending to southern California
(source:google/http://kern.audubon.org)
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