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Pondhawks
Erythemis
Erythemis is a genus of dragonflies in the Libellulidae family, commonly known as pondhawks. These medium- to large-sized skimmers are voracious predators of other insects up to their own size, including other dragonflies.
The genus contains the following species:
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 10 known species
Eastern Pondhawk
speciesErythemis simplicicollis
Great Pondhawk
speciesErythemis vesiculosa
Western Pondhawk
speciesErythemis collocata
Pin-tailed Pondhawk
speciesErythemis plebeja
Flame-tailed Pondhawk
speciesErythemis peruviana
Black Pondhawk
speciesErythemis attala
Red Pondhawk
speciesErythemis haematogastra
Claret Pondhawk
speciesErythemis mithroides
Blue Pondhawk
speciesErythemis credula
Carmelita Pondhawk
speciesErythemis carmelita
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Erythemis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53868.