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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Narrow-winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) » Sprites (Nehalennia) » Sedge Sprite (Nehalennia irene)
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Damselfly - Nehalennia irene
Copyright © 2016 David Ferris

Damselfly - Nehalennia irene
Avoca, St. Clair County, Michigan, USA
May 27, 2016

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Contributed by David Ferris on 12 June, 2016 - 12:10pm
Last updated 18 January, 2017 - 8:31am

Moved
Moved from Damselflies.
… Brenda Van Ryswyk, 18 January, 2017 - 8:31am login or register to post comments

looks like a female Sprite
Nehalennia or at least I think that's what it is...
one of the experts might be able to determine the species but I suspect it would help to have a clearer view of the blue pattern on the terminal segments of the abdomen
… Steve Scholnick, 19 June, 2016 - 2:40pm login or register to post comments

 
I would agree, from what I ca
I would agree, from what I can see looks like Sedge Sprite.
… Brenda Van Ryswyk, 18 January, 2017 - 8:30am login or register to post comments

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