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Randy L Emmitt

Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)

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$Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) female\nPhoto taken in the Richmond Co., NC part of the Sandhills Gamelands on June 14, 2002.$ $Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) female\nPhoto taken in my yard in Orange Co., NC on June 16, 2002.$ $Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) female\nPhoto taken in my yard in Orange Co., NC on June 16, 2002.$ $Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) female eating a crescent butterfly!\n Taken in Orange Co., NC at Lake Orange on June 24, 2002.$ $Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) female\nTaken in Orange Co., NC on May 29, 2003 in my yard.$ $Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) female eating another dragonfly.\nTaken in Caswell Co., NC on June 15, 2003$ $Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) imm. male\nTaken in Orange Co., NC on June 06, 2004.$ $Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) imm. male\nTaken in Orange Co., NC on June 06, 2004.$ $Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) female eating her own!\nTaken in the Butner Gamelands in the Brickhouse Road section of the gamelands in Durham Co., NC on July 18, 2004.$ $Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) male\nTaken at Occoneechee Mountain State Preserve in Orange Co., NC on July 23, 2004.$ $Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) immature male\nTaken in the Sandhills Gamelands in Richmond Co., NC on July 24, 2004.$

This species is known to be a very brave predator it will capture and eat insects bigger than itself.
I have found them eating each other as you can see here, even eating Common Buckeye butterflies!

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