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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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Clubtail - Ischnura verticalis
Copyright © 2009 tscrider

Clubtail - Ischnura verticalis
Southbury, new haven County, Connecticut, USA
May 21, 2009
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Contributed by tscrider on 21 May, 2009 - 12:00pm
Last updated 16 January, 2010 - 9:41am

Moved
Moved from Damselflies.
… john and jane balaban, 16 January, 2010 - 9:41am login or register to post comments

Eastern Forktail
99% sure. I have a hunch that in dorsal view this thing would have mostly orange S1-S3 - looking closely in the full size photo that is the sense I get. It also has a female forktail feel to it, somehow. Maybe there is a way to tell by looking at leg spines, but I don't know it.
… Cliff Bernzweig, 15 January, 2010 - 10:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Frass. Sorry for the double move. Changed our minds. Maybe someone who knows about leg spines and ovipositors will be able to tell you more about this lovely.
… john and jane balaban, 4 January, 2010 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

Frassed
Moved from Damselflies.
… john and jane balaban, 4 January, 2010 - 6:08pm login or register to post comments

If by clubtail, you mean Gomphidae,
then no, not even a dragonfly. But rather a teneral female damselfly. Unfortunately we are not the ones who can tell you which one!
… john and jane balaban, 21 May, 2009 - 6:39pm login or register to post comments

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