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The mature male (shown above) has an unmarked powder blue body, with white appendages on the tip of the abdomen. The eyes are green.
The females and immature males look markedly different from the mature males. Their bodies are green with black markings on the abdomen, and the abdomen becomes progressively blacker toward the rear. Their [...]
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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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Dragonflies at rest hold their wings horizontally or occasionally slightly down and forward.
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Dragonflies are completely harmless – they do not sting or bite. Indeed, they are beneficial in the same respect spiders and other predators are beneficial – they keep the burgeoning insect population in check.
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