Rare Dragonfly Spotted in Arlington (and Virginia) for First Time

Published on November 28, 2018

There was quite the discovery at this year’s Bioblitz in Glencarlyn Park. After a photo posted on the crowd-sourcing tracker, iNaturalist, started to spark a lot of interest, the group began to think they were onto something big — and they were. The photo was shared with several experts and the consensus was that what had been photographed was a Great Pondhawk Dragonfly (Erythemis vesiculosa).

This appears to be a new state record for this mostly tropical dragonfly. While it is a very large and powerful flying dragonfly, it rarely strays North of Florida in the East.

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Great Pondhawk
A Great Pondhawk Dragonfly Photographed by David Howell

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