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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Narrow-winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) » Forktails (Ischnura) » Fragile Forktail (Ischnura posita)
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Damselflies - Ischnura posita
Copyright © 2006 Charles Schurch Lewallen

Damselflies - Ischnura posita
Deep Fork Wildlife Refuge, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
July 9, 2006
At first I thought they were mating, now I am not so sure.
The green one did not seem happy.

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Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 9 July, 2006 - 1:34pm
Last updated 9 July, 2006 - 7:43pm

Wow!
These are fantastic shots! Looks like a female Fragile Forktail (Ischnura posita) eating a male of the same species (I assume). I knew about cannibalism in dragonflies (Pondhawks especially) but this is the first one I've seen involving damsels.
… Cliff Bernzweig, 9 July, 2006 - 5:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Ischnura posita
Thanks Cliff for the ID and the clarification of what was going on.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 9 July, 2006 - 6:40pm login or register to post comments

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