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intheflow

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10. Wow! I think you got a photo of a very rare dragonfly!

Mon Jul 1, 2013, 11:06 PM

Jul 2013

If I had to guess, based on my googling skills, you got a shot of a juvenile Hine's Emerald Dragonfly, so rare it's on the endangered species list. It only lives in remote parts of Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin (and one teeny remote location in Missouri). Craig's Lake S.P. is right in the heart of its prime territory.

Check it out! This page gives a map to its primary territory and the Page 1 link gives photos and description for identification. This is a very cool photo!

http://www.hinesdragonfly.org/

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Check out who decided to hang out on my green onions. [View all] intheflow Jul 2013 OP

Now I know the name of them. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2013 #1

The male of the species is very eye-catching. intheflow Jul 2013 #11

Lovely! brer cat Jul 2013 #2

Beautiful! silvershadow Jul 2013 #3

Very Cool... Yooperman Jul 2013 #4

Wow! I think you got a photo of a very rare dragonfly! intheflow Jul 2013 #10

Wow..is right! Yooperman Jul 2013 #13

Nope..not a Hine's Emerald Dragonfly :-( Yooperman Jul 2013 #16

That doesn't seem right, based on eye-color alone. intheflow Jul 2013 #17

Agreed... Yooperman Jul 2013 #20

if i remember right, i think we had those at the family lake in WI. pansypoo53219 Jul 2013 #18

make sure she doesn't take a big bite out of your scallions! BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2013 #5

She won't eat much. Curmudgeoness Jul 2013 #6

I thought dragonflies are insectivores. intheflow Jul 2013 #7

Good question burrowowl Jul 2013 #8

They are insectivores burrowowl Jul 2013 #9

I thought I remembered that! intheflow Jul 2013 #12

nicw shot! blondie58 Jul 2013 #14

I've got green onions in bloom right now xtraxritical Jul 2013 #15

Beautiful shot! Thanks for sharing. catbyte Jul 2013 #19

Thank you! Beautiful! oldandhappy Jul 2013 #21

Ever since I was a very young boy, I thought Dragonflies were the coolest things! BlueJazz Jul 2013 #22

The *are* the coolest things! intheflow Jul 2013 #23

She better not kiss anyone. Kurovski Jul 2013 #24

For some reason I have huge amounts of Dragonflies this year. greiner3 Jul 2013 #25

Thanks! A Whitetaill BlueToTheBone Jul 2013 #26