Selys' Sundragon (Helocordulia selysii)

Identification: A small emerald with brown and hairy thorax and headlight eyes of aqua blue. The abdomen, which is tapered at S3,S4 widens through S6-S9, is mostly dark with lateral orangish brown spots at most segments and has S3 with an almost complete orangish-brown ring. The wings have small black marks between the wing base and nodus and the base of the wings have black marks with no other color present.

 

The photograph above is of a male from Fluvanna County, Virginia on April 26, 2008.

The photograph above is of a male from Fluvanna County, Virginia on April 26, 2008.

The photograph above is of a male from Fluvanna County, Virginia on April 26, 2008.

The photograph above is of a male from Fluvanna County, Virginia on April 26, 2008.

copyright Allen Bryan 2011

Female- Fluvanna County, Virginia