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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Narrow-winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) » Sprites (Nehalennia)
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unknown dragonfly - Nehalennia - male - female
Copyright © 2020 John Woodward

unknown dragonfly - Nehalennia - Male Female
Duluth, St Louis County, Minnesota, USA
June 20, 2020
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Contributed by Mallet1836 on 26 June, 2020 - 6:46pm
Last updated 28 September, 2020 - 4:13pm

Moved
Moved from Damselflies.
… Tyler Hedlund, 28 September, 2020 - 4:13pm login or register to post comments

Sedge sprite?
I lean more towards sedge sprite (vs. sphagnum) because there's less blue on the abdomen and it seems a little more robust. But I'm not positive on that.
… Tyler Hedlund, 27 June, 2020 - 11:17am login or register to post comments

Seems like maybe only two species
in the genus Nehalennia in Minnesota. Shouldn't be too hard to figure out which of the two it is.
… john and jane balaban, 26 June, 2020 - 9:49pm login or register to post comments

dragonfly ovipositor
Thank you for the reply but what is the name of the dragonfly please.
… Mallet1836, 26 June, 2020 - 9:27pm login or register to post comments

Looks like we see an ovipositor
a knife under the end of the abdomen to slice open vegetation - genus Nehalennia
… john and jane balaban, 26 June, 2020 - 7:41pm login or register to post comments

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