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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Broad-winged Damselflies (Calopterygidae) » Jewelwings (Calopteryx) » Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)
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Ebony Jewelwings - ovipositor? - Calopteryx maculata - male - female
Copyright © 2007 Ben Mazur

Ebony Jewelwings - ovipositor? - Calopteryx maculata - Male Female
Sylvania, Lucas County, Ohio, USA
June 7, 2007
Okay, less of a general ID request, since I strongly suspect that these are Ebony Jewelwings. What I wanted to ask, is whether if, in anyone's opinion, that's an ovipositor visible on the top (blue) one, or just something stuck to it?
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Contributed by Ben Mazur on 10 June, 2007 - 11:22am
Last updated 21 June, 2007 - 5:10pm

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies and Damselflies.
… john and jane balaban, 21 June, 2007 - 5:10pm login or register to post comments

nope
Indeed they are Ebony Jewelwings. The one in the foreground with the white spots on the wings (pseudostigma) is a female, while the one in the background is a male. There's probably something stuck on him.
… Ben Coulter, 10 June, 2007 - 6:11pm login or register to post comments

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