Erythemis vesiculosa

{{Short description|Species of dragonfly}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Great_pondhawk_(Erythemis_vesiculosa)_male_Trinidad.JPG

| image_caption = Male, Trinidad

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Paulson, D.R. |date=2017 |title=Erythemis vesiculosa |volume=2017 |page=e.T164958A80682914 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T164958A80682914.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Erythemis

| species = vesiculosa

| authority = (Fabricius, 1775)

}}

Erythemis vesiculosa, the great pondhawk, is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae. It is distributed throughout the Americas as far north as the United States.

File:Erythemis vesiculosa.jpg|male eating Julia butterfly Dryas iulia

File:Great_pondhawk_(Erythemis_vesiculosa)_male_with_Band-winged_dragonlet_(Erythrodiplax_umbrata)_female_Tr.JPG|male eating band-winged dragonlet Erythrodiplax umbrata, Trinidad

File:Great pondhawk (Erythemis vesiculosa) male.JPG|male, Jamaica