Minnesota Dragonfly

Dragonfly Identification

Brown Emeralds:

While many species of Emeralds have bright green metallic eyes and a metallic emerald sheen to their thorax, there is a group of Emeralds that are mostly brown, with no metallic emerald sheen, and brown or non-metallic green eyes

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Is the specimen fairly small, around one and a quarter inches long ?

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Does the specimen have a single yellow dot on the thorax ?

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Does the specimen have more than one yellow spots on its thorax or none at all ?

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