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Seaside Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax berenice) is a small skimmer species found along coastal marshes. The larvae of this species, unlike most Odonata, tolerate brackish water well, and apparently can even live in salt water. It can frequently be abundant in coastal saltmarshes in summer (Paulson, 2011). In Maryland, this species is distributed along most of the coastal plain where large saltmarshes or back bay marshes exist (Richard Orr's The Dragonflies and Damselflies of Maryland and the District of Columbia).
Where To Find
Truitt's Landing, Blackwater NWR, and other large marshes on the Eastern Shore.
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Source: Wikipedia
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Libellulidae |
Genus: | Erythrodiplax |
Species: | E. berenice
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Binomial name | |
Erythrodiplax berenice (Drury, 1773)
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Erythrodiplax berenice, commonly known as the seaside dragonlet, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found mainly at coastal marshes, mangrove swamps, alkaline lakes of eastern North America.[2][3] It is unique among dragonflies of the western hemisphere in that it can breed in seawater.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Paulson, D. R. (2018). "Erythrodiplax berenice". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T49254470A65836144. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T49254470A65836144.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Seaside Dragonlet". University of Alabama. Archived from the original on 2010-07-02. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
- ^ Lam, Ed (2024). Dragonflies of North America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691232874.
- ^ Dunkle, Sidney (2000). Dragonflies Through Binoculars. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-511268-9.