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Eastern Amberwing

Perithemis tenera

Description:

The Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera) is a species of dragonfly in family Libellulidae. It is very small, reaching a total length of no more than 25mm. The males have orange or amber wings. Both genders have a red pterostigma

Habitat:

Vegetable garden

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2 Comments

ceherzog
ceherzog 12 years ago

Thanks LauraMaria!

LauraMaria
LauraMaria 12 years ago

That is fantastic, those wings really do look like thin slices of amber :) Great find!

ceherzog
Spotted by
ceherzog

Sarasota, Florida, USA

Spotted on May 5, 2011
Submitted on May 5, 2011

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