Steephead-ravine

Guides

• Somatochlora calverti

  Calvert's Emerald, Andre Flies

  Somatochlora calverti is a rare, range-restricted dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. It is endemic to the southeastern United States, primarily known from the Florida panhandle with scattered records in Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina. The species is a habitat specialist associated with shallow seepage streams and steephead ravines. Its nymph has never been collected in the field, and its reproductive microhabitat remains speculative based on analogy to sympatric congeners.

  dragonflyemeraldendemicrarehabitat-specialistseepage-streamsteephead-ravinebioindicatorconservation-concernSphagnumsandhill-forestFloridasoutheastern-United-Statesnymph-unknownCorduliidaeOdonataAnisoptera