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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Narrow-winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) » Aurora Damsels (Chromagrion) » Aurora Damsel (Chromagrion conditum)
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Aurora Damsel - Chromagrion conditum - female
Copyright © 2009 Stephen Gingold

Aurora Damsel - Chromagrion conditum - Female
Shelburne, Hampshire County, Western Massachusetts County, Massachusetts, USA
June 6, 2009
Size: @2"
Any help narrowing this down would be much appreciated.

Thank you.

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Aurora Damsel - Chromagrion conditum - female Aurora damsel - Chromagrion conditum
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Contributed by Stephen Gingold on 7 June, 2009 - 5:43am
Last updated 8 June, 2009 - 3:33am

Moved
Moved from Spreadwings.
… Stephen Gingold, 8 June, 2009 - 3:27am login or register to post comments

Aurora Damsel
They hold the wings partially spread like a Spreadwing. Note the yellow patch on the underside of the thorax.

In the guide here
… Jason Forbes, 7 June, 2009 - 11:26am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thank you, Jason.
… Stephen Gingold, 8 June, 2009 - 3:29am login or register to post comments

 
My bad.
Thanks for the insight, Jason. I was with Steve in the field and we both shot this specimen....I thought it was a lestid for sure!
… Eric R. Eaton, 7 June, 2009 - 8:47pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies and Damselflies.
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