Eastern Pondhawk Dragonfly

by Steve Creek on August 10, 2008 · 2 comments

Eastern Pondhawk Dragonfly_7505

Males start as this vibrant green, but as they age they turn a powder blue.

You can see a photo I took of a blue Eastern Pondhawk Dragonfly here: Arkansas River Dragonfly

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1 BakerWatson August 10, 2008 at 12:02 pm: This is so cool. I was just working a few minutes ago on trying to categorize some of my pondhawk photo’s. Like some other dragonflies this one is a little complicated by the changes in color as the males mature.

Great capture.
2 Steve Creek August 10, 2008 at 12:55 pm: You are right they are a little difficult to categorize.
I took a photo of one eating a damselfly yesterday and will be posting it soon.