Somatochlora walshii (Scudder, 1866) is a animal in the Corduliidae family, order Odonata, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Somatochlora walshii (Scudder, 1866)

Somatochlora walshii (Scudder, 1866)

The brush-tipped emerald (Somatochlora walshii) is a stable least-concern North American emerald dragonfly in the Corduliidae family.

Family
Genus
Somatochlora
Order
Odonata
Class
Insecta

About Somatochlora walshii (Scudder, 1866)

Somatochlora walshii, commonly known as the brush-tipped emerald, is a species of emerald dragonfly belonging to the family Corduliidae. This species is found in North America. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has assigned Somatochlora walshii a conservation status of "LC", meaning least concern. There are no immediate threats to the survival of this species, and its population is currently stable.

Photo: (c) Cameron Eckert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Cameron Eckert · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Odonata Corduliidae Somatochlora

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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