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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Narrow-winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae)
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Damselfly laying eggs
Copyright © 2008 Noah Charney

Damselfly laying eggs
Near Nashville, Tennessee, USA
July 3, 2008
Underwater in river laying eggs in leaf
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Contributed by Noah Charney on 16 December, 2008 - 4:17pm
Last updated 15 January, 2009 - 2:37pm

This will make an interesting image on a guide
Info page, but we don't think we can get to genus without more help. Do you have images from when it emerged from the water? Did it seem to be Argia?
… john and jane balaban, 4 January, 2010 - 7:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Damselflies.
… Eric R. Eaton, 15 January, 2009 - 2:37pm login or register to post comments

Nice find!
I didn't know they did that.
… Ron Hemberger, 16 December, 2008 - 8:48pm login or register to post comments

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