Eastern Forktail Damselfly - Ischnura verticalis

Eastern Forktail Damselfly - Ischnura verticalis
Male and female specimens, mating wheel
Order Odonata (Fabricius, 1793) -- libélula / Suborder Zygoptera (Selys, 1854) -- damselflies, demoiselles / Family Coenagrionidae -- narrow-winged damselflies
Genus Ischnura (Charpentier, 1840) / Species Ischnura verticalis (Say, 1839)

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Teneral (immature) Female - Eastern Forktail damselfly females have several different color schemes.

Male	Male	Mating Wheel
Female	Female with prey	Female

Cirrus Home	Bees	Beetles	Cicadas	Butterflies	Damselflies	Bugs
Dragonflies	Flies	Mantids	Moths	Skippers	Spiders	Wildflowers

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