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  American Emerald
            Cordulia shurtleffi Scudder, 1866

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Range & Habitat:

Locally common in the northwest where it inhabits a variety of boggy habitats.

   

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Description:

A small stocky Emerald with a moderately clubbed abdomen.  Compare with two smaller Emeralds: Petite Emerald (no club) and the Racket-tailed Emerald (obvious club).

The cerci are divergent and somewhat hairy, although not as much as the larger Brush-tipped Emerald and Williamson's Emerald.

 

Conservation Status:

State: S2 - Imperiled in New Jersey

Global: G5 - Secure globally, but possibly rare in parts of its range

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Flight season:

Early Date: 5/12
Late Date: 7/3

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Flight Season
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Number of Records
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Date, distribution, and status data courtesy of Allen Barlow, NJOS
© 2006 Jim Bangma, NJOS  Comments or suggestions?  Use the Feedback Form