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Similar species – Delicate Emerald (Somatochlora franklini), Kennedy's Emerald (Somatochlora kennedyi),
Incurvate Emerald (Somatochlora incurvata).
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Flight season: early June to mid-August.
Population: rare, sole encounter with this species to date.
Length: about 45 mm to 50 mm.
Best separated from other similar Somatochlora species by the claspers (males)
and ovipostors (females).
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Stoco Fen, east of Tweed on East Hungerford Road:
relatively little open water compared to a marsh.
Wetland supporting sedges, orchids, Bog Labrador Tea, Pitcher Plants
and other fen indicator species, trees are mainly Tamarack and Eastern White Cedar.
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Male Forcipate Emerald (Somatochlora forcipata) –
an old individual with dull, obscured colors
(August 11, 2014).
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Male Forcipate Emerald (Somatochlora forcipata) – a closeup of
the luminous green eyes that almost seem to glow from within (August 11, 2014).
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Male Forcipate Emerald (Somatochlora forcipata) –
the abdomen is relatively thin (August 11, 2014).
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Male Forcipate Emerald (Somatochlora forcipata), claspers
August 11, 2014
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