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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Narrow-winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) » Forktails (Ischnura) » Plains Forktail (Ischnura damula) »  / cervula? (Ischnura damula  / cervula?)
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Damselfly - Ischnura damula - female
Copyright © 2006 Carol Davis

Damselfly - Ischnura damula - Female
Promontory, Box Elder County, Utah, USA
June 4, 2006
I've looked at some different sites for this damsefly but I can't find one just like it. Anyone have an idea?

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Contributed by Carol Davis on 5 June, 2006 - 2:35pm
Last updated 6 June, 2010 - 3:15pm

Moved
Moved from Plains Forktail.
… john and jane balaban, 6 June, 2010 - 3:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Pacific Forktail. We're no longer convinced that this is cervula and think it may actually be damula. We have moved it there and will see if we can get an expert to check it out. We're hoping by having all the possible damula together we can get someone to look at them. Will keep you posted.
… john and jane balaban, 3 January, 2010 - 7:34pm login or register to post comments

Possibly an Ischnura cervula
Checking Damselflies of the Southwest I found an almost identical photo under Pacific Forktail (Ischnura cervula), immature female. Here's the link:
http://southwestdragonflies.net/damsels/pacificFtRoach.jpg
There's another similar immature female at:
http://southwestdragonflies.net/damsels/124MID.JPG

I'm wondering if it could be that.
… Carol Davis, 10 June, 2006 - 1:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Excellent - Nice find
No wonder we didn't find it in our Enallagma search!! We'll move it to the guide here
… john and jane balaban, 10 June, 2006 - 1:30pm login or register to post comments

This is a puzzle
The closest we can come with segment 8 completely blue and most of 9 blue is a female Enallagma clausum. They can be blue to green or tan which might explain those orangish eyespots. Not sure that the abdomen would be so completely black as yours. Will check some more places since our eastern books might not give us all the possibilities for Utah
… john and jane balaban, 7 June, 2006 - 6:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Orange legs and purple eyes.
Those orange legs are weird, too, and the almost purple eyes. I just can't find anything like this little dragonfly. I appreciate your checking on it.
I have a side shot of it but it's blurry but I could post it if anyone thinks it might help.
… Carol Davis, 8 June, 2006 - 1:37am login or register to post comments

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