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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Narrow-winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) » Sprites (Nehalennia) » Southern Sprite (Nehalennia integricollis)
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gray-and-white damselfly - Nehalennia integricollis
Copyright © 2006 Robin McLeod

gray-and-white damselfly - Nehalennia integricollis
Holopaw, Osceola County, Florida, USA
April 1, 2006
Size: body about 20 mm
in wet roadside ditch
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Contributed by Robin McLeod on 13 April, 2006 - 5:36pm
Last updated 13 April, 2006 - 10:16pm

How tiny! Sounds like a sprite
we would suggest Southern Sprite - Nehalennia integricollis. Looks identical to the image of the male in Dunkle, page 51. Giff Beaton has one here at . Nice find!
… john and jane balaban, 13 April, 2006 - 6:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Southern Sprite
Bang-on, I'd say! Thanks again. Other good shots by Jim Bangma here.
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… Robin McLeod, 13 April, 2006 - 10:15pm login or register to post comments

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