Western Pondhawk Erythemis collocata Female Home      Dragonflies     Details      Utah Distribution Map   Immature Male     Male  Female at Salt Creek Waterfowl Management Area 20 August 2017 Female at Salt Creek Waterfowl Management Area 20 August 2017 Female at wetland near Goshen, Utah County, Utah 16 June 2015 Ouch Female with damselfly as her prey at wetland near Goshen, Utah County, Utah 16 June 2015 Full Dorsal View James Walter Fitzgerald Wild Bird Refuge on 9 August 2010 Full Lateral View James Walter Fitzgerald Wild Bird Refuge on 9 August 2010 Thorax and Head - Dorsal View James Walter Fitzgerald Wild Bird Refuge on 9 August 2010 Lateral View of Thorax James Walter Fitzgerald Wild Bird Refuge on 9 August 2010 Underside of Second Segment Showing no Male Genitalia James Walter Fitzgerald Wild Bird Refuge on 9 August 2010  Top of Head James Walter Fitzgerald Wild Bird Refuge on 9 August 2010 Front of Face James Walter Fitzgerald Wild Bird Refuge on 9 August 2010 Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis Photo 1, 2 taken at Salt Creek Waterfowl Management Area 20 August 2017 Photo 3 and 4 taken at wetland near Goshen, Utah 16 June 2015 Photos 5 thru 9 of female located at the James Walter Fitzgerald Wild Bird Refuge on 9 August 2010 Characteristics 1 .75 inch  long, 2.5 inch wingspan Blue eyes green face pruinose blue females and immatures bright green with dark line down center of top of abdomen.  In immature the thorax is the last to turn blue prefers perching near the ground  Information from "Common Dragonflies of the Southwest" by Kathy Biggs Back to Top