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Dragonfly - Ischnura verticalis

Dragonfly - Ischnura verticalis
Cheltenham Wetland Park, Prince Georges County, Maryland, USA
May 17, 2014

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Moved from ID Request.

Dragonflies...
tend to hold their wings out perpendicularly to their bodies, while damselflies (like this one) hold them folded over their bodies and parallel, with the spreadwings (which are damselflies) are somewhat intermediate.

Looks like a mature female
Ischnura verticalis

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