The American emerald (''Cordulia shurtleffii'') is a species of
dragonfly
A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata. About 3,000 extant species of true dragonfly are known. Most are tropical, with fewer species in temperate regions. Loss of wetland habitat threate ...
found in
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
. It is colored mostly black with a yellow ring between segments 2 and 3.
[Mead, Kurt (2009). ''Dragonflies of the North Woods.'' 2nd ed. Duluth:Kodlath+Stensaas Publ., p.102.]
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''Cordulia shurtleffii'' Discover Life
American Emerald image
American Emerald NJodes
Corduliidae
Odonata of North America
Insects described in 1866
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