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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera)

Suborder Zygoptera - Damselflies

Broad-winged Damselflies · Narrow-winged Damselflies · Spreadwings · Threadtails · Unidentified Naiads and Exuviae

Family Calopterygidae - Broad-winged Damselflies
Jewelwing - Calopteryx maculata - male Sparkling Jewelwing - Calopteryx dimidiata - male American Ruby Spot - Hetaerina americana - female River Jewelwing - Calopteryx aequabilis - male Damselfly - Hetaerina Calopteryx 2625 - Calopteryx dimidiata - male American Rubyspot - Hetaerina americana - male Ebony Jewelwing - Calopteryx maculata - male

Family Coenagrionidae - Narrow-winged Damselflies
Sphagnum Sprite - Nehalennia gracilis - male Clearly difficult to ID? Damselfly - Ischnura Fragile Forktail on a pink peony - Ischnura posita - male Fragile forktail damselfly Ischmura posita - Ischnura damselfly - Ischnura hastata Agria? - Argia - male Bluet Damselflies Mating - Enallagma - male - female

Family Lestidae - Spreadwings
Emerald Spreadwing - Lestes dryas - male Slender Spreadwing - Lestes rectangularis - male Dancer Sp220.jpg - Lestes rectangularis - female Pale green damselfly - Lestes Damselfly - Lestes dryas Dancer Sp220.jpg - Lestes rectangularis - female Lestes 02a - Lestes Swamp Spreadwing

Family Protoneuridae - Threadtails
Amelia's Threadtail and reflection - Neoneura amelia - male Amelia's Threadtails in tandem flight - Neoneura amelia - male - female Amelia's Threadtails in tandem oviposition - Neoneura amelia - male - female Coral-fronted Threadtail and reflection - Neoneura aaroni - male Neoneura aaroni - Coral-fronted Threadtail - Neoneura aaroni - male - female Neoneura aaroni - Coral-fronted Threadtail - Neoneura aaroni - male - female

Unidentified Naiads and Exuviae
damselfly nymph - top view Damselfly larva Damselfly larva Damselfly nymph Damselfly nymph Damselfly naiad Damselfly naiad Damselfly larva


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