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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Narrow-winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) » Forktails (Ischnura) » Pacific Forktail (Ischnura cervula)
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Pacific Forktail? - Ischnura cervula - male
Copyright © 2017 Craig Morgan

Pacific Forktail? - Ischnura cervula - Male
Huntington Beach, Orange County, California, USA
April 15, 2017
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Contributed by Craig Morgan on 16 April, 2017 - 10:57am
Last updated 3 September, 2020 - 11:17am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 30 April, 2017 - 6:54am login or register to post comments

 
Male Ischnura cervula
The four spots mentioned above are only found on males! You may wish to mark this as a male.
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 26 June, 2018 - 7:34pm login or register to post comments

I agree
According to Tim Manolis' Dragonflies and Damselflies of California, the four pale blue spots on the top of the thorax are diagnostic to the species.
… Timothy Boomer, 17 April, 2017 - 11:35pm login or register to post comments

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