Cinnamon Shadowdragon

Neurocordulia virginiensis · Order: Odonata · Family: Corduliidae

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Cinnamon Shadowdragon
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The cinnamon shadowdragon is an emerald dragonfly that belongs to the family Corduliidae. It occurs in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

It is an emerald dragonfly species in the family Corduliidae.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It lives in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range includes North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 9 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Arkansas, Mississippi.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Cinnamon Shadowdragon photo 2
Photo: Matt Muir, CC BY
Cinnamon Shadowdragon photo 3
Photo: Curtis Hansen, CC BY
Cinnamon Shadowdragon photo 4
Photo: Nick Block, CC BY

Same family (Corduliidae)

Prince BaskettailPrince BaskettailEpitheca princepsDowny EmeraldDowny EmeraldCordulia aeneaCommon BaskettailCommon BaskettailEpitheca cynosuraTau EmeraldTau EmeraldHemicordulia tauAmerican EmeraldAmerican EmeraldCordulia shurtleffiiAustralian Emerald DragonflyAustralian Emerald DragonflyHemicordulia australiae

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurocordulia_virginiensis

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-28 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-28.

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