“Hey, it’s not an Eastern Amberwing!”*

Finally! I still want to determine what kind it is, but I finally photographed a non-Eastern Amberwing!

In all likelihood, a female Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis); see http://bugguide.net/node/view/577
Females remain green; young males are green, but turn to blue.

Note: I still hadn't noticed that the camera had reset the date-and-time, but this image was taken July 23, 2012, and not 1/1/2000! (“I swear I am not making this up”!)

Confirmed at BugGuide as Erythemis simplicicollis or “Eastern Pondhawk”; http://bugguide.net/node/view/680133

P.S. I did have another pretty cool dragonfly shot today, but it was — you guessed it! — an Eastern Amberwing!

A year ago (“In the shade of an old, oak tree II”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-07-23

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* Four posted in June!
1. http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-06-06
2. http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-06-08
3. http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-06-21
4. http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-06-24

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Ellen E

woah! great shot!

July 26th, 2012

Thom Mitchell ace

@ellen Thanks, Ellen! This was a no-brainer for the day's post!

July 26th, 2012

ladyjane

Great capture! I love that vivid green.

July 26th, 2012

Thom Mitchell ace

@ladyjane Thanks, Jane! I was dumbfounded to see this continually landing. We have three or four types of dragonflies flying around our garden, but only the Eastern Amberwings had lit on a plant until this week.

July 26th, 2012