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Probably a Rubyspot #1 in Campbell, CA - Hetaerina americana
Copyright © 2007 HandsOff

Probably a Rubyspot #1 in Campbell, CA - Hetaerina americana
Campbell, Santa Clara County, California, USA
August 28, 2007
I think this is a female.
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Contributed by HandsOff on 15 September, 2007 - 10:50pm
Last updated 2 December, 2007 - 6:34am

Moved
Moved from Hetaerina.
… HandsOff, 2 December, 2007 - 6:34am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Damselflies.
… john and jane balaban, 1 December, 2007 - 9:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the genus ID confirmation!
Hetaerina americana, being the only CA member of the genus seems a fairly certain ID. The only thing I have been puzzling over is the sex. It appears to be a female, although I wonder if this color variation is more common here, than elsewhere in the country.
… HandsOff, 2 December, 2007 - 6:22am login or register to post comments

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