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Shadowdragons

Neurocordulia

Neurocordulia is a genus of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. They are commonly known as shadowdragons.

These are medium-sized dragonflies, 40–55 mm (1.6–2.2 in) long, light brown with orange or yellowish markings. They are confined to the eastern United States and Canada, where their habitat is clean forest streams and lakes.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species

Stygian Shadowdragon

speciesNeurocordulia yamaskanensis

Orange Shadowdragon

speciesNeurocordulia xanthosoma

Smoky Shadowdragon

speciesNeurocordulia molesta

Umber Shadowdragon

speciesNeurocordulia obsoleta

Cinnamon Shadowdragon

speciesNeurocordulia virginiensis

Broad-tailed Shadowdragon

speciesNeurocordulia michaeli

Alabama Shadowdragon

speciesNeurocordulia alabamensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 90300.