Western Pondhawk
Order: Odonata
- Suborder: Anisoptera (Dragonfly)
- - Family: Skimmers (Libellulidae)
- - - Genus: Erythemis
- - - - Species: collocata
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Western Pondhawk, Male, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 18 April 2013
Species to compare (enter common name)
Western Pondhawk, Male, Salt River Recreation Area, Maricopa, AZ, 4 September 2022
Western Pondhawk, Male, Veterans Oasis Park, Chandler, Maricopa, AZ, 14 April 2019
Western Pondhawk, Male eating male Familiar Bluet, Enallagma civile, Arlington Wildlife Area, Maricopa, AZ, 23 June 2019
Western Pondhawk, Male, Queen Valley, Pinal, AZ, 5 September 2021
Western Pondhawk, Immature male, Queen Valley, Pinal, AZ, 2 August 2021
Western Pondhawk, Immature male, Verde River Pond near Fountain Hills, Maricopa, AZ, 20 July 2013
Western Pondhawk, Immature male, Christopher Columbus Park, Tucson, Pima, AZ, 16 July 2022
Western Pondhawk, Immature Male, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 20 August 2011. Insert shows lateral view of appendages.
Western Pondhawk, Teneral male, Dudleyville ponds, Pinal, AZ, 19 August 2017
Western Pondhawk, Male, Kearny Lake, Pinal, AZ, 10 August 2008
Western Pondhawk, Immature male, Oak Flat Mine Pond, Pinal, AZ, 10 August 2014
Western Pondhawk, Female, Roper Lake State Park, Graham, AZ, 22 September 2019
Western Pondhawk, Female, Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ, 30 March 2020
Western Pondhawk, Female, Papago Park, Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ, 21 April 2013
Western Pondhawk, Female, Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ, 2 November 2008
Western Pondhawk, Female eating male Familiar Bluet, Enallagma civile, Arlington Wildlife Area, Maricopa, AZ, 10 June 2020
Western Pondhawk, Female eating Rambur's Forktail, Ischnura ramburii, Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ, 5 May 2017
Western Pondhawk, Teneral female, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 17 April 2010
Western Pondhawk, Female, Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ, 21 October 2007
Western Pondhawk, Pair in wheel, Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ, 22 April 2012
Western Pondhawk, Pair in wheel, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 8 July 2012
"Oh what a tangled web we weave" (Sir Walter Scott, 1808).
Comparison: Eastern vs Intermediate vs Western Pondhawks
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Eastern PondhawkErythemis simplicicollis -
Western PondhawkErythemis collocata -
Western/Eastern Pondhawk IntermediatesErythemis collocata/simplicollis