[Odonata-l] Emerald ID

[June Tveekrem]

I believe you do have a Racket-tailed Emerald there. It's a female, 
which is why the abdomen is less widened. See this photo for comparison.
http://tinyurl.com/23hfgy

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June Tveekrem
Columbia, Maryland, US
damselfly|AT|southernspreadwing.com


David Trently wrote:
> OK, I thought for sure I had correctly identified a dragon as 
> Racket-tailed
> Emerald. But the message below makes me question that now. Here is a 
> link to a
> photograph of an emerald from Brownfield Bog, Maine, south of 
> Fryeburg. Can
> anyone comment on it?
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/avian_pursuits/581144216/in/set-72157600418469485/
>
> If you can't get to it through that link, try
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/avian_pursuits/
> and look in the New England Dragons set.
>
> David Trently
> Avian Pursuits Nature Tours
> Knoxville, TN