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Corduliidae
Corduliidae, also knowns as the emeralds, emerald dragonflies, or green-eyed skimmers, is a family of dragonflies. These dragonflies are usually black or dark brown with areas of metallic green or yellow, and most of them have large, emerald-green eyes. The larvae are black, hairy-looking, and usually semiaquatic. This family include species called "baskettails", "emeralds", "sundragons", "shadowdragons", and "boghaunters". They are not uncommon and are found nearly worldwide, but some individual species are quite rare. Hine's emerald dragonfly (Somatochlora hineana), for example, is an endang
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Downy emerald
species of insect
Somatochlora flavomaculata thumbnail
Somatochlora flavomaculata
species of insect
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Brilliant Emerald
species of insect
Epitheca bimaculata thumbnail
Epitheca bimaculata
species of insect
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Northern Emerald
species of insect
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Cordulia
Cordulia is a genus of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae.
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Somatochlora
thumb|Teneral [[Somatochlora metallica female]] Somatochlora, or the striped emeralds, is a genus of dragonflies in the family Corduliidae with 42 described species found across the Northern Hemisphere.
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Orange-spotted Emerald
species of insect
Somatochlora alpestris thumbnail
Somatochlora alpestris
species of insect
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Somatochlora sahlbergi
species of insect
Somatochlora meridionalis
species of insect
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Epitheca
Epitheca is a genus of dragonflies in the family Corduliidae. They are commonly known as baskettails. Baskettails' distinction is the specially adapted, upturned abdomen tip of the females which allows them to carry their egg masses in a small, orange-tinted globule.
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Antipodochlora braueri
species of insect
Hemicordulia okinawensis
species of insect
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Hine's emerald dragonfly
species of insect
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Libellulosoma minuta
species of insect
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Williamsonia lintneri
species of insect
Somatochlora incurvata thumbnail
Somatochlora incurvata
species of insect
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Hemicordulia
thumb|right|Hemicordulia australiae mating thumb|right|Australian Emerald in midflight
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Hemicordulia tau
species of insect
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Neurocordulia
Neurocordulia is a genus of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. They are commonly known as shadowdragons.
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American Emerald
species of insect
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Somatochlora brevicincta
species of insect
Procordulia smithii thumbnail
Procordulia smithii
species of dragonfly endemic to New Zealand
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Somatochlora franklini
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Somatochlora cingulata
species of insect
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Somatochlora hudsonica
species of insect
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Somatochlora georgiana
species of insect
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Somatochlora margarita
species of insect
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Nesocordulia
Nesocordulia is a genus of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. It contains the following species: Nesocordulia malgassica Nesocordulia villiersi
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Neurocordulia michaeli
species of insect
Hemicordulia australiae thumbnail
Hemicordulia australiae
species of insect
Hemicordulia ogasawarensis thumbnail
Hemicordulia ogasawarensis
species of insect
Somatochlora ozarkensis thumbnail
Somatochlora ozarkensis
species of insect
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Somatochlora williamsoni
species of insect
Somatochlora forcipata thumbnail
Somatochlora forcipata
species of insect
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Somatochlora uchidai
species of insect
Somatochlora viridiaenea thumbnail
Somatochlora viridiaenea
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Somatochlora minor
species of insect
Somatochlora ensigera thumbnail
Somatochlora ensigera
species of insect
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Somatochlora septentrionalis
species of insect
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Dorocordulia libera
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Somatochlora elongata
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Somatochlora graeseri thumbnail
Somatochlora graeseri
species of insect
Pentathemis membranulata
species of insect
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Somatochlora semicircularis
species of insect
Somatochlora whitehousei thumbnail
Somatochlora whitehousei
species of insect
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Williamsonia fletcheri
species of insect
Hemicordulia asiatica thumbnail
Hemicordulia asiatica
species of insect
Somatochlora walshii thumbnail
Somatochlora walshii
species of insect
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Procordulia grayi
species of insect
Somatochlora kennedyi thumbnail
Somatochlora kennedyi
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Somatochlora provocans
species of insect
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Somatochlora albicincta
species of insect
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Somatochlora filosa
species of insect
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Somatochlora calverti
species of insect
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Somatochlora linearis
species of insect
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Neurocordulia obsoleta
species of insect
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Hemicordulia flava
species of insect