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Minnesota Northwoods Dragonflies

Emeralds and Baskettails (Corduliidae)

Updated December 3, 2006

 

American_Emerald_male_dorsal.jpg (75655 bytes)  American Emerald male, Cordulia shurtleffi.

Racket-tailed_Emerald_male.JPG (81018 bytes)  Racket-tailed Emerald male, Dorocordulia libera.  August 2, 2002.  Bog along Grade Road, Cook County, Minnesota.

Racket-tailed_Emerald_fem.JPG (92915 bytes)  Racket-tailed Emerald female, Dorocordulia libera.  July 8, 2002.  Leskinen Lake, Lake County, Minnesota.

Quebec_Emerald_male_dorsal.jpg (51222 bytes)  Quebec Emerald male, Somatochlora brevicincta.  July 11, 2005.  Boggy Creek near Toimi, Lake County, Minnesota.

Quebec_Emerald_male_side.jpg (49675 bytes)  Quebec Emerald male, Somatochlora brevicincta.  July 11, 2005.  Boggy Creek near Toimi, Lake County, Minnesota.

Quebec_Emerald_male_appen_side.jpg (54928 bytes)  Quebec Emerald male appendages.  July 11, 2005.  Boggy Creek near Toimi, Lake County, Minnesota.

Lake_Emerald_fem_side.jpg (49514 bytes)  Lake Emerald female, Somatochlora cingulata.  July 6, 2005.  Toohey Lake, Cook County, Minnesota.

Lake_Emerald_fem_perched.jpg (80065 bytes)  Lake Emerald female, Somatochlora cingulata.  July 6, 2005.  Toohey Lake, Cook County, Minnesota.

Kennedy's_Emerald_male_side.jpg (63946 bytes)  Kennedy's Emerald male, Somatochlora kennedyi.  July 29, 2002.  Tveekrem yard, Cook County, Minnesota.

Kennedy's_Emerald_male_appen_side.jpg (62023 bytes)  Kennedy's Emerald male appendages.  July 29, 2002.  Tveekrem yard, Cook County, Minnesota.

Ocellated_Emerald_male.JPG (98280 bytes)  Ocellated Emerald male, Somatochlora minor.  Aug. 11, 2002.  Four-mile Creek, Cook County, Minnesota.

Ocellated_Emerald_male_perched.jpg (87776 bytes)  Ocellated Emerald male, Somatochlora minor, perched.

Ocellated_Emerald_male_thorax.JPG (93981 bytes)  Closeup of Ocellated Emerald thorax, showing cream-colored round spots.

Brush-tipped_Emerald_male.JPG (90446 bytes)  Brush-tipped Emerald male, Somatochlora walshii.  Aug. 11, 2002.  Four-mile Creek, Cook County, Minnesota.

Brush-tipped_Emerald_male_appen_side.JPG (70811 bytes)  Closeup of Brush-tipped Emerald appendages (side view), showing "brush".

Common_Baskettail_male_dorsal.JPG (79894 bytes)  Common Baskettail male, Tetragoneuria cynosura.  July 8, 2002.  Leskinen Lake, Lake County, Minnesota.

Spiny_Baskettail_male_dorsal.JPG (72909 bytes)  Spiny Baskettail male, Tetragoneuria spinigera.  July 8, 2002.  Leskinen Lake, Lake County, Minnesota.

Spiny_Baskettail_male_side.JPG (71748 bytes)  Spiny Baskettail male, Tetragoneuria spinigera, side view.  July 8, 2002.  Leskinen Lake, Lake County, Minnesota.

Spiny_Baskettail_fem_closeup2.jpg (70379 bytes)  Spiny Baskettail female, Tetragoneuria spinigera.  July 17, 2003.  Grade Road, Cook County, Minnesota.

 

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