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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Narrow-winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) » Forktails (Ischnura) » Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
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Eastern Forktail - Ischnura verticalis - female
Copyright © 2005 Joanne Shuman

Eastern Forktail - Ischnura verticalis - Female
Stafford, Stafford County, Virginia, USA
July 30, 2005
Not sure about this one at all but thought I would take a stab at it. ID possible? Help appreciated. Taken same place and same time as the possible male bluet posting.
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Contributed by Joanne Shuman on 1 August, 2005 - 1:13am
Last updated 9 January, 2010 - 7:26pm

Moved
Moved from Forktails. Bill Edwards found a similar image at Greg Lasley here. 5th image down.
… john and jane balaban, 9 January, 2010 - 7:26pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Narrow-winged Damselflies.
… john and jane balaban, 2 December, 2007 - 4:52pm login or register to post comments

Eastern Forktail, female
If I saw this damselfly in the field I would call it a female Eastern Forktail (Ishnura verticalis).

Loren & Babs Padelford
Bellevue, NE
… Loren & Babs Padelford, 1 August, 2005 - 8:58am login or register to post comments

 
interesting
we haven't ever seen one with a mature blue abdomen without it having a mature blue thorax. Is it just in the process of changing, or is this a different species?
… john and jane balaban, 1 August, 2005 - 2:17pm login or register to post comments

 
interesting
John and Jane, where do you think I should move this to in the guide or should I leave it in ID request?
… Joanne Shuman, 11 August, 2005 - 1:42am login or register to post comments

 
ouch
we were afraid you would ask. We just can't get the front half of the animal to make sense with the back half. We'll keep looking. However, we haven't known the Padelfords to be wrong, so you could just go with their ID. Did you capture any other images of damsels that day?
… john and jane balaban, 11 August, 2005 - 12:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, I did
An immature female forktail nine minutes after this image was taken and one minute after that a green and brown one which may be a Fragile Forktail. Also a blue dancer which I swear kept following me and the bluets. I need to get back to that spot. Hoping I can make it this weekend. I will gladly post these other images if it will help.
… Joanne Shuman, 11 August, 2005 - 2:09pm login or register to post comments

 
yes, please do
post the other damsels. Maybe they will provide a clue.
… john and jane balaban, 11 August, 2005 - 2:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Posted
Ready and waiting for you. Enjoy. I will leave it up to you...what to keep in the guide and what not to. :) Thanks for your help on trying to figure this one out.
… Joanne Shuman, 11 August, 2005 - 9:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
And I already have one of those. Darn. I think that is about all I am going to see so I will need to take my time and observe more carefully.
… Joanne Shuman, 1 August, 2005 - 9:30am login or register to post comments

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