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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Narrow-winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) » Forktails (Ischnura) » Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
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jersey damsel - Ischnura verticalis
Copyright © 2005 jeff lubchansky

jersey damsel - Ischnura verticalis
manalapan, monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
May 27, 2005
Size: small
one of 2 spotted today.

thx
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Contributed by jeff lubchansky on 28 May, 2005 - 7:41pm
Last updated 31 May, 2005 - 8:09pm

posita?
What do you think of this being Ischnura posita now that you've seen the males around? We would expect to be able to see that exclamation point break in the stripe on the front of the thorax, but ....
… john and jane balaban, 31 May, 2005 - 6:48pm login or register to post comments

 
different location
i didn't see the male near this one. it was in a different park.

thx
… jeff lubchansky, 31 May, 2005 - 7:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Then we'll leave it
Then we'll leave this one as verticalis.
… john and jane balaban, 31 May, 2005 - 8:09pm login or register to post comments

female
Female Ischnura verticalis?
… john and jane balaban, 28 May, 2005 - 8:24pm login or register to post comments

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