eastern pondhawk, male
The green face is diagnostic.
The species is distinguished in that the female is bright green with a banded abdomen and the mature male has a blue abdomen with a green face and green and blue thorax.
The eastern pondhawk is native to parts of North America and Central America. The eastern pondhawk is an athletic, swift-flying predator, able to catch damselflies and other insect prey on the wing.
Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythemis_simplicicollis
Central Florida, USA
eastern pondhawk, male
The green face is diagnostic.
The species is distinguished in that the female is bright green with a banded abdomen and the mature male has a blue abdomen with a green face and green and blue thorax.
The eastern pondhawk is native to parts of North America and Central America. The eastern pondhawk is an athletic, swift-flying predator, able to catch damselflies and other insect prey on the wing.
Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythemis_simplicicollis
Central Florida, USA