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Sympetrum is a genus of small to medium-sized skimmer dragonflies, known as darters in the UK and as meadowhawks in North America. The more than 50 species predominantly live in the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere; 15 species are native to North America. No Sympetrum species is native to Australia.
B Common clubtail was formerly known as club-tailed dragonfly. C Yellow-legged dragonfly is known from just a single record, in Sussex in 1818. D Southern migrant hawker was known from just a single record, in Kent in 1952, although an Aeshna seen in 1992 on the outskirts of Bristol may have been this species (Holmes 1993 [ 22 ] ), and the ...
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Progomphus is a genus of medium-sized dragonflies in the family Gomphidae. They are found in the Americas and are largely tropical. [1] They are one of the few Gomphids with coloured wings. They are commonly called sanddragons. They are usually found on freshwater sandy beaches and pools. [1] The genus contains the following species: [2] [3]
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A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata. About 3,000 extant species of dragonflies are known. Most are tropical, with fewer species in temperate regions. Loss of wetland habitat threatens dragonfly populations around the world.
An eastern pondhawk in the Mallows Bay–Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary.. Nymphs of the eastern pondhawk are identifiable by their green eyes. When they leave the water and moult for the final time, the emerging immature adult is dull olive green but over the course of a few hours, the abdomen becomes bright green, there is dark brown banding and the heads take on a metallic green sheen.
Erythrodiplax berenice, commonly known as the seaside dragonlet, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found mainly at coastal marshes, mangrove swamps, alkaline lakes of eastern North America. [2] [3] It is unique among dragonflies of the western hemisphere in that it can breed in seawater. [4]