Flight season: late May to mid-September.
Population: common and widespread. The largest numbers occur at the marshy north shore of Stoco Lake,
but this dragonfly can be found at any local still water habitat and along the Moira River.
Length: about 40 mm to 45 mm.
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Tweed, Ontario, the north shore Stoco Lake, east of the boat pier:
marshy shoreline, relatively shallow water with mud bottom supporting sedges and rushes, pondweeds, Fragrant Water Lily, Blue Flag, Sagittaria spp and Pickerelweed.
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Male Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
August 11, 2008
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Male Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
August 11, 2009
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Immature male Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) –
males start out their adult lives looking much like the females
and develop their dark eyes and characteristic powder blue pruinosity as they mature
(August 12, 2009).
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Female Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
August 09, 2008
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Teneral female Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
August 06, 2009
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Tweed, Ontario, the Tweed Heritage Center Gardens:
gardens supporting lawns, cultivated flowers and shrubs.
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Female Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) –
this dragonfly often prefers to perch on the ground,
and can be found foraging a fair distance from water
(August 03, 2009).
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East of Tweed, Ontario, along Lakeview Lane, near the trans-Canada Trail and Alexander Street:
roadside clearing in shrubbery and woodland supporting tall grasses and wildflowers, a short distance from the Moira River.
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Female Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) –
consuming a female Powdered Dancer,
and itself a host for some phoretic mites
(July 02, 2011).
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