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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Narrow-winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) » Forktails (Ischnura) » Rambur's Forktail (Ischnura ramburii)
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Damselfly Male-like - Ischnura ramburii - female
Copyright © 2006 jim urbach

Damselfly Male-like - Ischnura ramburii - Female
Sanford, Seminole County, Florida, USA
April 24, 2006
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Contributed by jim urbach on 5 June, 2006 - 10:05am
Last updated 30 June, 2007 - 1:48pm

Moved
Moved from Narrow-winged Damselflies.
… john and jane balaban, 17 August, 2006 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

Isen't this a female? Looks t
Isen't this a female? Looks to have an ovipositor to me. Could be a male-like female?
I'm not familare with that particular species tho.
… Brenda Van Ryswyk, 5 June, 2006 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes!
Oops! That does look like an ovipositor. And Sid Dunkle's Damselflies of Florida shows a photo of a male-like female form, dead ringer for this one. Thanks for catching that!

Joshua S. Rose, Ph.D.
World Birding Center
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park
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956-584-9156 x 236
… Joshua Stuart Rose, 6 June, 2006 - 8:29am login or register to post comments

Ischnura ramburii
With the yellow-sided abdomen, I would call this a Rambur's Forktail. Immature male; the markings on the head and thorax would be green in a mature male.

Joshua S. Rose, Ph.D.
World Birding Center
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park
joshua.rose_NO_SPAM@tpwd.state.tx.us
956-584-9156 x 236
… Joshua Stuart Rose, 5 June, 2006 - 1:28pm login or register to post comments

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