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title: "Eastern Pondhawk"
description: "Erythemis simplicicollis — Insecten en spinnen. Erythemis simplicicollis, the eastern pondhawk, also known as the common pondhawk, is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae, native to the eastern two-thirds of the United States and southern Ontario and Quebec, Canada."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/eastern-pondhawk
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Eastern Pondhawk

> Erythemis simplicicollis — Insecten en spinnen. Erythemis simplicicollis, the eastern pondhawk, also known as the common pondhawk, is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae, native to the eastern two-thirds of the United States and southern Ontario and Quebec, Canada.

- Scientific name: *Erythemis simplicicollis*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 144157
- Wikidata: [Q140521](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140521)
- iNaturalist taxon: [61495](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/61495)

## Names

- en: Eastern Pondhawk
- es: Rayadora espinosa del este
- fr: Érythème des étangs

## Countries with the most observations

US (134535), CA (7367), MX (253), CU (27), BZ (20), GT (19), HN (15), JM (6), BS (4)

## Summary

Erythemis simplicicollis, the eastern pondhawk, also known as the common pondhawk, is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae, native to the eastern two-thirds of the United States and southern Ontario and Quebec, Canada. It is a dragonfly of ponds and still waters. The species is distinguished in that the female is bright green with a banded abdomen and the mature male has a blue abdomen with a green face and green and blue thorax.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythemis_simplicicollis

## Photo

![Eastern Pondhawk](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-pondhawk/medium.jpg)

Photo: Alejandro Santillana · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2822115

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eastern-pondhawk?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).