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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Narrow-winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) » Forktails (Ischnura) » Pacific Forktail (Ischnura cervula)
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Blue Damselfly - Ischnura cervula
Copyright © 2011 Bookwyrme

Blue Damselfly - Ischnura cervula
Huntington Beach, Orange County, California, USA
August 19, 2011

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Contributed by Bookwyrme on 20 August, 2011 - 11:03am
Last updated 26 November, 2011 - 12:31pm

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Moved from Narrow-winged Damselflies.
… Ben Coulter, 26 November, 2011 - 12:31pm login or register to post comments

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Pacific Forktail - Ischnura cervula
… Bob Barber, 20 August, 2011 - 12:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks. By the way, which
Thanks.

By the way, which portions are especially useful for ID? I mean, if I focus on only part, should it be head or tail?
… Bookwyrme, 20 August, 2011 - 12:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Too many pictures!
I often end up posting too many pictures of an insect because I never know what each species needs! However, I have learned that on damsels and dragons that it helps to have a side of the head/thorax and of the tail and one from the top as well! This one is so pretty!
… Gacko, 17 September, 2011 - 9:12pm login or register to post comments

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