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L - Slender Spreadwing Damselfly - female - Lestes rectangularis - R - Eastern Forktail Damselfly - Ischnura verticals - ? sex - Lestes rectangularis

L - Slender Spreadwing Damselfly - female - Lestes rectangularis - R - Eastern Forktail Damselfly - Ischnura verticals - ? sex - Lestes rectangularis
Salem Sound, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 4, 2018
I would greatly appreciate confirmation of ID on these two. The Spreadwing cannibalized the Forktail.
I have trouble with sexing and would like to know what sex both of these Damselflies are.
Thank you!

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Male Ischnura verticalis
The Eastern Forktail is a male (most females of that species are completely different colors). Agree with your ID of the Spreadwing.

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