Eastern Amberwing Dragonfly - Perithemis tenera
Order Odonata / Suborder Anisoptera / Family Libellulidae -- common skimmers, libellulidés
Live adult dragonflies photographed in the wild at Elsen's Hill, West Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Female Eastern Amberwing Dragonfly

Dragonflies have excellent eyesight. Their compound eyes have up to 30,000 facets, each of which is a separate light-sensing organ or ommatidium, arranged to give nearly a 360° field of vision.

Female Eastern Amberwing
             
 
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