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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Narrow-winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) » Forktails (Ischnura) » Fragile Forktail (Ischnura posita)
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Damselfly Id Needed - Ischnura posita
Copyright © 2008 MLB

Damselfly Id Needed - Ischnura posita
Suburb of Buffalo NY, Erie County, New York, USA
July 12, 2008
Does anyone know what kind this is. Our pond has so many interesting insects.
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Contributed by MLB on 12 July, 2008 - 12:51pm
Last updated 18 July, 2008 - 2:28pm

Moved
Moved from Damselflies.
… john and jane balaban, 18 July, 2008 - 2:28pm login or register to post comments

Damselfly
This is a Fragile Forktail- Ischnura posita.
… Minray Yang, 12 July, 2008 - 1:36pm login or register to post comments

 
ID Request
I don't have a picture, but would like assistance in ID'ing a similar individual observed near my wildlife pond on 8 Jun 2014. Subject has same stripe pattern on the thorax, but stripes are blue. The abdomen is colored as for I. posita. Could this be a male?

Franktown District, Eastern Shore of Virginia (bayside)
… Stephen J. Rulison, 8 June, 2014 - 8:37pm login or register to post comments

 
This is the male
The females are blue. Click on 'Images' or 'Info' to see more
… john and jane balaban, 8 June, 2014 - 8:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you very much for the i
Thank you very much for the information
… MLB, 12 July, 2008 - 2:15pm login or register to post comments

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