Emeralds & Cruisers - Choose the Correct Common Name

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  1. Somatochlora septentrionalis
    1. Racket-tailed Emerald
    2. Clamp-tipped Emerald
    3. Brush-tipped Emerald
    4. Muskeg Emerald

  2. Epitheca spinigera
    1. Spiny Baskettail
    2. Beaverpond Baskettail
    3. Common Baskettail
    4. Prince Baskettail

  3. Somatochlora cingulata
    1. Muskeg Emerald
    2. Lake Emerald
    3. Incurvate Emerald
    4. Plains Emerald

  4. Somatochlora hudsonica
    1. Mocha Emerald
    2. Hudsonian Emerald
    3. Plains Emerald
    4. American Emerald

  5. Somatochlora walshii
    1. American Emerald
    2. Common Baskettail
    3. Brush-tipped Emerald
    4. Racket-tailed Emerald

  6. Didymops transversa
    1. Royal River Cruiser
    2. Stream Cruiser
    3. Calico Pennant
    4. Swift River Cruiser

  7. Dorocordulia libera
    1. Plains Emerald
    2. Racket-tailed Emerald
    3. American Emerald
    4. Ski-tailed Emerald

  8. Helocordulia uhleri
    1. Hudsonian Emerald
    2. Uhler's Sundragon
    3. Ski-tailed Emerald
    4. Ebony Boghaunter

  9. Somatochlora elongata
    1. Muskeg Emerald
    2. Ski-tailed Emerald
    3. Clamp-tipped Emerald
    4. Brush-tipped Emerald

  10. Somatochlora incurvata
    1. Delicate Emerald
    2. Ebony Boghaunter
    3. Incurvate Emerald
    4. Ebony Boghaunter

  11. Macromia illinoiensis
    1. Swift River Cruiser
    2. Calico Pennant
    3. Royal River Cruiser
    4. Stream Cruiser

  12. Epitheca canis
    1. Common Baskettail
    2. Beaverpond Baskettail
    3. Prince Baskettail
    4. Spiny Baskettail

  13. Neurocordulia michaeli
    1. Ocellated Emerald
    2. Broad-tailed Shadowdragon
    3. Stygian Shadowdragon
    4. Mocha Emerald

  14. Somatochlora whitehousei
    1. Delicate Emerald
    2. Forcipate Emerald
    3. Whitehouse's Emerald
    4. Hudsonian Emerald

  15. Somatochlora ensigera
    1. Forcipate Emerald
    2. Ringed Emerald
    3. Plains Emerald
    4. Delicate Emerald

  16. Somatochlora kennedyi
    1. Ski-tailed Emerald
    2. Ocellated Emerald
    3. Mocha Emerald
    4. Kennedy's Emerald

  17. Somatochlora tenebrosa
    1. Forcipate Emerald
    2. Brush-tipped Emerald
    3. Delicate Emerald
    4. Clamp-tipped Emerald

  18. Macromia taeniolata
    1. Calico Pennant
    2. Stream Cruiser
    3. Swift River Cruiser
    4. Royal River Cruiser

  19. Epitheca cynosura
    1. Prince Baskettail
    2. Beaverpond Baskettail
    3. Common Baskettail
    4. Spiny Baskettail

  20. Neurocordulia yamaskanensis
    1. Clamp-tipped Emerald
    2. Broad-tailed Shadowdragon
    3. Brush-tipped Emerald
    4. Stygian Shadowdragon

  21. Somatochlora forcipata
    1. Ringed Emerald
    2. Forcipate Emerald
    3. Stygian Shadowdragon
    4. Delicate Emerald

  22. Somatochlora linearis
    1. Lake Emerald
    2. American Emerald
    3. Mocha Emerald
    4. Racket-tailed Emerald

  23. Somatochlora williamsoni
    1. Ocellated Emerald
    2. Ebony Boghaunter
    3. Muskeg Emerald
    4. Williamson's Emerald

  24. Cordulia shurtleffi
    1. Forcipate Emerald
    2. Racket-tailed Emerald
    3. Delicate Emerald
    4. American Emerald

  25. Epitheca princeps
    1. Spiny Baskettail
    2. Common Baskettail
    3. Beaverpond Baskettail
    4. Prince Baskettail

  26. Somatochlora albicincta
    1. Delicate Emerald
    2. Forcipate Emerald
    3. Ringed Emerald
    4. Plains Emerald

  27. Somatochlora franklini
    1. Plains Emerald
    2. Delicate Emerald
    3. Ski-tailed Emerald
    4. American Emerald

  28. Somatochlora minor
    1. Brush-tipped Emerald
    2. Clamp-tipped Emerald
    3. Ocellated Emerald
    4. Muskeg Emerald

  29. Williamsonia fletcheri
    1. Williamson's Emerald
    2. Forcipate Emerald
    3. Delicate Emerald
    4. Ebony Boghaunter

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