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Hi Joe, Thanks for the in


Damselfly


This damselfly is fresh new.


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Damselfly


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Azure damselfly


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Ladona julia


Can I assume that this damsel


If you visit BugGuide


Moved


damsefly ID


Moved


One of the dancers, genus Argia


female damselfly


Damselfly


Damselfly


Damselfly


Damselfly


Looks to me like


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Damselflies


You may be right. The photos


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damselfly nymph


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Moved for expert attention


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Interesting - looks almost li


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Would any specific photos pos


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Damselfly


Damselfly


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Please confirm this photo's date


Moved


Looks like a female Eastern F


Frassed


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Female Lestes sp.


unknown damselfly.


Looks like a male Eastern For


Looks like a female Eastern F


Blue fronted dancer male


Damselfly


Argia sp.


Damselfly


Damselfly


yes, damselfly


Definitely a narrow-winged da


I hadn't noticed that when I


Spreadwing damselfly


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I wasn’t sure, at first, ab


Shouldn't be in Argia


The wing position for several


Spreadwing damselfly


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Damselfly - Zygoptera


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Definitely a damselfly...


damselfly


Moved to Argia page


Bluet Damselfly


crane fly


OOOPS


Moved


Lestidae


Female Lestes sp.


Welcome!


Thanks! That was my best gue


Blue-fronted dancer?


Or maybe Chromagrion conditum (Aurora damselfly)?


This one is a damselfly instead of a dragonfly!


Fantastic pics. I've never ta


Damselfly naiad…


Blue Dragonfly


Damselfly Exuvia


damselfly naiad exoskeleton


Looks like


Spreadwing damselfly


Blue-tipped vs. Blue-fronted: Are they the same?


So are you saying


Blue With Yellow Face


Looks like a Damselfly naiad


damselfly


damselfly


Thank you Stephen!


Copper-colored Damselfly


Spreadwing damselfly


Damselfly


brown damselfly


Damselfly?


Female Lestes sp.


damselfly


re:This damselfly is fresh new.


Coenagrion resolutum (male)


Variable Dancer


Ebony Jewelwing


Was it huge for a damselfly?


No species confirmation, I'm afraid :)


Damselfly ID


Expert ID - Argia extranea/plana


Unknown Damselfly


Noted.


Argia translata (male)


unidentified damselfly


Damselfly


Actually a damselfly


nymph


Agria moesta damselfly


Female Ischnura verticalis


TY for Damselfly ID


damselfly


Moved


Moved


"Ebony Jewelwing"


damselfly


Blue damselfly ID


Dusky Dancer


Maybe a dancer


This is a damselfly, actually


Looks like Rambur's Forktail Damselfly


Thank you!


Thank you!


Female damselfly


Female damselfly


Female


nymph


Thanks


In my opinion - not Lestes alacer


damselfly -- forktail, probably


damselfly


possibly Argia


Rubyspot damselfly


Another Damselfly


damselfly


Female - Spreadwing Damselfly


Enallagma sp.


Damselfly


Female damselfly


Moved


Damselfly


Damselfly


Rubyspot with white eyes - Mystery solved


Damselfly


You will need to crop off all that extra white space


Aurora Damselfly


Forktail


Damselfly


Spreadwing Damselfly


Female spreadwing damselfly


Bdellidae


With...


Do you have a shot showing the whole insect?


Very challenging to identify a damselfly from a ventral image.


Damselfly


1690 Unidentified Blue-bodied Damselfly. - Argia - Male


Moved


damselfly larva


Moved


Familiar Bluet


Maybe - Argia immunda (female)


damselfly


Large


In my opinion - Lestes australis


Damselfly


Damselfly


Blue Damselfly


We're guessing this was strikingly large for a damselfly


damselfly


Please crop your images to a rectangle


Please crop your images to a rectangle


Six-spotted Fishing Spider


Thank you


Maybe - Argia alberta (male)


Maybe - Enallagma praevarum (male)


female Argia damselfly?


Duckweed ?? Is there a scien


damselfly


Odonata


Thank you William!


damselfly, actually


It seems


Prey


Teneral


re: damselfly?


damselfly


Moved


Damselfly


Teneral Damselfly


Enallagma sp.


Lestes sp.


Likely Ebony Jewelwing


a jewelwing


Moved for expert attention


unknown blue tailed Damselfly


Damselfly for sure!


You've missed the point...


DAMSELFLY PAIR


My Two Cents


caddisfly


damselfly


Damselfly


Argia damselfly


Spreadwing Damselfly (Lestes rectangularis)


Moved


Fragile Forktail


Female damselfly


Female damselfly


damselfly


damselfly


not a dragonfly


not a dragonfly


damselfly


damselfly


damselfly


Damselfly


A Damselfly


Damselfly


Damselfly


Thank you


Pelecinid wasp


This damselfly


Damselfly


This is...


damselfly


You always seem to find the good colors!


Was it surprisingly large for a damselfly?


damselfly


If I had to pick something, I


Looks like a damselfly to me


Skimmer sounds like a dragonfly


Spotted Spreadwing?


Agree with your ID - Enallagma cardenium


Damselfly


Correct


re: spreadwing


I agree.


end of abdomen in focus


what it is


This is a damselfly


damselfly


Looks like a bluet... genus E


It's funny watching this little war zone...


Immature or Cold


it was more silver looking than blue


Well, if you wouldn't make a call on the species...


Damselfly nymph


Not super thin


damselfly, rather


Possible Purple Damselfly


Possible Eastern Forktail


Damselfly


Damselfly Specimen


Yes, damselfly


Damselfly not dragonfly


Our guess is that there is not likely a single depository


RE bugGuide site


Looks like a damselfly exuvium


very difficult to tell


Small


Damselfly


Damselfly


It's a damselfly


Damselfly


Damselfly


A species of damselfly


In my opinion - Ischnura sp.


Bluet damselfly


Not a Dragonfly


It's the eyes


It's a damselfly


Damselfly


Argia fumipennis


Spreadwing damselfly


Damselfly


Same as the brown one?


Permission to use photo?


Probably - Argia agrioides (male)


Damselfly in genus Archilestes, I think,


Any lion


Short answer: Damselfly


damselfly


Good enough for me!


That is one colorful damselfl


More photos


Fun stuff.


I think this might be a damse


Damselfly


Ebony Jewelwing


Double-striped Bluet (Enallagma basidens)


Looks like a jewelwing damselfly.


Whatever you didn't photograph ...


tan damselfly


Grooming?


blue damselfly


I. damula


Damselfly


Agree with your ID - Argia tibialis (female)


damselfly


Ebony Jewel Wing Damselfly


Megarhyssa sp. (Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) - male


Family


Close, its a damselfly


Pacific Forktail - Ischnura cervula


How about...


For what it's worth


Archilestes grandis (male)


Damselfly guide


Damselfly


Your damselfly


Fungus?


Any idea on size?


Ode larva


and the lavendar color on the thorax


Damselfly


It was four years ago. I jus


Was this bigger than any damselfly you have ever seen?


Enallagma signatum (male)


Pondhawk


Female, Erythemis simplicicollis


Not a Damsel


Damselfly


Damselfly


Damselfly, not dragonfly


Can't see the prey very well,


Thank you ... and thank you!


Thank you


Not a Darner


Damselfly


Damselfly


Any longer and it'd be a damselfly


It's a damselfly


Damselfly


Agree with your ID - Argia fumipennis (male)


blue-fronted or blue-tipped?


Female Bluet Damselfly


Damselfly ID


I'm thinking


Damselfly


Large separated eyes


not algae


Damselfly rather


Damselfly


Thanks for sharing your knowl


Not a Dragonfly but...


Looks to be Damselfly larva


yep!


Unkown Damselfly


Damselfly


Ischnura verticalis - Eastern Forktail - Female


Lestes sp.


Most welcome Ed!


Actually


Very confusing to see such a huge damselfly, no?


Nope


I believe this is an azure da


We were only moving several dozen damselfly images from


Well it's definitely a damsel


Forktail


per Lam's book


Damselfly


Female Spreadwing Damselfly


Oviposition wounds


damselfly


Variable Dancer - Argia fumipennis - Male


Black-winged Damselfly - female


Jewelwing


damselfly


Yes, a damselfly


and we're confused here too


We're confused.


Hm.


damselfly


Damselfly


Lestes sp.


Nice Work


I have studied the image quit


Thanks so much!


Damselfly in the genus Argia


Not a damselfly...


damselfly


Enallagma sp.


Enallagma sp.


purple damselfly


Damselfly


Is There an Identification for this Damselfly?


damselfly, rather


Thank You!


Damselfly


Damselfly


Enallagma


Blue Damselfly at Cape May


Dull Green Damselfly


Florida Damselfly


damselfly


damselfly again


damselfly


Oops I added the date


Looks to be a Spreadwing damselfly


This is a female damselfly


Damselfly


unknown damselfly - Argia


spreadwing


spreadwing


Ebony Jewelwing Damselfly


Spreadwing Damselfly of some sort?


Vivid Dancer (Argia vivida)


Damsel Fly?


It's a Damselfly


Definitely...


Looks like some sort of broad-winged damselfly


Damselfly


skipper


Actually a damselfly.


damselfly


Damselfly!!! I feel sooo ashamed!


A damselfly this big can only be one thing


Re: Sooty Dancer Damselfly


Sooty Dancer Damselfly


In our eyes, yours differs from all four of the images


A Spreadwing damselfly in the genus Lestes


Perhaps Skimming Bluet


cool behavior


Moved


Moved


broad wing damselfly


Nymph


More pics


Cool shot....


Vivid Dancer


Damselfly ID


More Info


Damselfly Id


Labrum of the Head


Actually, I have Mr. Lam's bo


We should be getting our own northeastern Illinois


damselfly


damselfly


Robber fly eating a damselfly


I disagree


broad-winged damselfly?


No, this is not a damselfly


Hm


jewelwing


Not a damselfly


Yes - Argia vivida (female)


Just to add to the new information you're learning -


Thank you for the info. I loo


Damselfly


Yes - Everglades Sprite - Nehalennia pallidula (male)


Looks like


damselfly


Not a dragonfly


The spider looks like


Close


Damselfly


parasites


Enallagma


Ischnura cervula?


Hi Christy,


But I'm usually wrong,


Thanks, Ken,


Female Damselfly


Yes, no mistaking this damselfly


Damselfly...


Looks like - Ischnura cervula (female)


Spare parts


Damselfly instead.


A Damselfly


In my opinion - Argia vivida/plana (female)


Separation of A. vivida & A. plana (imm. males)


In my opinion - Argia vivida/plana (imm. male)


Very interesting.


It's a Damselfly


All three


I totally concur!!!


damselflies


Ischnura posita


Yes, that would be great...


AGREE - moesta


Argia plana


I'm a little late coming into this discussion, didn't see it;


Missing something?


Argia plana


We don't think this is the same damselfly


Range Maps for Black-fronted Forktail


Damselfly is male, Enallagma


Cerci look longer than the paraprocts....


Female Argia plana OR immunda OR nahuana


Powdered Dancer - Argia moesta (female)


"Immature" Odonata


Other views?


Damselfly Larva


Damselfly


i can only say it's a damselfly [diff. suborder, so no gomphid]


I Liked...


Damselfly ID


ID Help


Moved


Unfortunately you must have tagged this


Female rubyspot


Citrine Forktail, male


Damselfly


damselfly ID


Damselfly


Yes it is a damselfly and it is blue,


very nice


Re: Help with Damselfly Please


this dragonfly is absolutely


Wow...


not a damselfly --- this is an ant lion


Damselfly


Thank you both for the ID.


North Carolina insect


Springwater Dancer Damselfly, Argia plana


Desert Firetail Damselfly


Damselfly


Thank you


Looks the same as my female C


damselfly


Damselfly


Possibly an Alkali Bluet


These are...


I have seen them before...


not an ID


ID


I would suggest...


Fine specimen


Interesting


Antlion


Thank you...


If by clubtail, you mean Gomphidae,


Hi, Don. Could you possibly d


Moved


Damselfly


Not the same


Thank you Hey there, Tim.


Yes


extra pics


Nymphal Zygoptera


Western Fauna


Thank you, Michael. All this


Hi Dan, Practically speak


Damselfly


This is a


They like lights


Thanks for the update.


Nice!


That pose reminds me of the '


Re: Bluet


Thanks for the correction!


Agreed: California Spreadwing Damselfly


Damselfly


Clubtail


strange..


We're guessing this was extraordinarily


I really like NYC -- I rode t


Ah, the Wonderful World of Aquatic Biology!


Beatriz posted something not quite the same


I was just wondering if all o


Hi Joe. Wow, this is real


Spreadwing Damselfly


Damselfly


Thanks for the ID, apgarm. Th


Coenagrionidae - Narrow-winged Damselflies


Smoky-winged Damselfly


Female,


Spreadwing Damselfly


I don't know which one,


Yes female damselfly


Antlion?


It's a Damselfly


Damselfly


Damselfly rather than Dragonfly


Damselfly


I could be wrong, but I alway


We were all set to say Tule also


Thrips!


Damselfly yes, antlion no.


Looks like it might be


Damselfly


damselfly ID


WA Damselfly


Not an ID but...


Furtive Forktail?


I believe you're correct


I like the idea of using thumbnails in these posts...


You can use the images right here at BugGuide


Oops! This one is a damselfly


Weird,


I say a good possibility it i


Damselfly larva


Larva


Bluet


It is a damselfly


Which Blue Damselfly ?


Damselfly with red wing bases


Yes, it's a damselfly.


You've got a damselfly guide now!


ID


....


Damselflies (Zygoptera)?


That's a great list...


Damselfly


Small, bright red damselfly - Santa Clara County, CA


"Only one thing it could be..."


Dragonfly appears to be adult male


Poor damselfly!


Nice photo!


Not a dragonfly


Too cool


Damselfly


My Eastern Forktail Damselfly


Good attitude!


I ran through the list and looked at them all...


Thanks again


Thanks!


Damselfly


Just a guess - Western Red Damsel


Calopterygidae


Damselfly


Antlion


Thanks. I didn't go quite far


Damselfly ID


Sedge Sprite


Looks like Citrine Forktail


damsel fly


BugGuide Event Updates


Pale damselfly


This is definitely an albino


Thanks for the ID!


Bluet


Yes, looks like good match...


Re: "john and jane balaban" comment


Fragile Forktail


Gills...


Thanks. Compared it with phot


Thank you, June!


Damselfly


Close


yep


Great Shot!


Thanks


Very nice shot, Terry


Very pretty photos, too


And after all that -


Damselfly


Blue question


Hi Cliff


Looked for one there yesterday


Tule Bluet


Thank you


I'm far from an expert on these,


That nicely illustrates your point


Note:


Teneral Damselfly


Actually a damselfly


And we certainly need those Kansas images!


Don't know much about water mites


Damselfly


Thanks


Actually, we would say neither!


Yes, but...


Damselfly


Great Spreadwing


Flame Skimmer


Yes


Display is interesting


Size


:-)


:-)


Yes, male Citrine Forktail


damselfly ID


Thanks


Gorgeous images indeed...


Excellent image...


damselfly tail apendages


Damselfly


OK. -- we're takin' a leap here for you


Nice photo!


mites


Yup


Damselfly ID


Possible Damselfly ID


Damselfly ID


Eastern Forktail


yep


Damselflies of the North Woods


What's a pair of exuviae?


Yes


I agree


Try this


this is a Beautiful shot of a


Ah! The pain of English names


Another vote


Tough one


Calopterigidae


Maybe


Maybe not?


Eastern Forktail, female


photo crop


Damselfly


I carry it a lot and often end up not using it


Ed Lam book


Bluet


Looks like Argia fumipennis violaceae


Any idea what family the dams


On it!


Zygopteran


confused


Welcome aboard James


Spread-winged Damselfly from Bacon Creek Park


Citrine Forktail - Ischnura hastata


Orange Damselfly


Enallagma doubledayi ?


Thanks, John.


June 10 image


Looks like


Fantastic


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