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Hyacinth Glider

Miathyria marcella

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A delicate dragonfly with a violet-tinted thorax and a slender banded abdomen. It is common in the Americas from the southern US to Argentina.

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Did You Know?

Its larvae often develop among water hyacinth roots, giving the species its common name.