Family Coenagrionidae - Narrow-winged Damselflies

Classification · Other Common Names · Numbers · Identification · Internet References · Works Cited

Damselfly help please - Ischnura posita - female

Arroyo Bluet - Enallagma praevarum - male

Eastern Forktail - Ischnura verticalis - male

Fragile Fortail - Ischnura posita - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)

Suborder Zygoptera (Damselflies)

Family Coenagrionidae (Narrow-winged Damselflies)

Other Common Names

Pond Damselflies

nomenclature follows(1)

Numbers

105 spp. in 14 genera in our area(1)

Identification

adults typically hold wings together above body while at rest(2)

Internet References

Giff Beaton's Pond Damselflies Page

Works Cited

1.	North American Odonata, by Dragonfly Society of the Americas

2.	A Field Guide to Insects By Richard E. White, Donald J. Borror, Roger Tory Peterson

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, Robin McLeod, Tony-2, v belov
Last updated 30 May, 2011 - 8:44pm

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