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The insect family Corduliidae contains the emerald dragonflies or green-eyed skimmers. These dragonflies are usually black or dark brown with areas of metallic green or yellow, and most of them have large, emerald-green eyes. The larvae are black, hairy-looking, and usually semiaquatic.

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1. (c) Paul Ritchie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/thelizardwizard/14193598168/
2. (c) Paul Ritchie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/thelizardwizard/8855622529/
3. (c) Paul Ritchie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/thelizardwizard/14804192008/
4. (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/photos/JOM-Somatochlora-flavomaculata-00001.jpg
5. (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/photos/SDL-Somatochlora-flavomaculata-00002.jpg
6. (c) 葉文琪, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eoldata.taibif.tw/files/eoldata/imagecache/taieol_img/images/50/hui_yan_gong_ting_xiong_chong_.jpg
7. Adapted by Allie Hay from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corduliidae

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