Unknown dragonfly - Amphiagrion saucium

Moved

Moved from Red Damsels. Odonata Central has all the Michigan specimens listed as saucium, so we'll move it there until more work is done on this genus.

… john and jane balaban, 1 July, 2013 - 11:36am

Moved

Moved from Damselflies.

Per Paulson (1) - More study is needed in the Great Lakes region as to whether these are Amphiagrion saucium or A. abbreviatum.

… William Edwards, 30 March, 2013 - 2:22pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… john and jane balaban, 29 June, 2012 - 1:58pm

Try Eastern Red Damsel (Amphiagrion saucium)

This looks more like it.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/536608/bgimage

It even has the red pterostigma and is smaller than P. nymphula . Range is good too.

… Mike Jennings, 6 June, 2012 - 3:25pm

Is P . nymphula a US species?

I know it well from the UK where it was the commonest on my pond but I wasnt aware it occured this side of the Atlantic. Thorax doesnt look right, no visible red stipes. Check british Dragonfly society for pic.

http://british-dragonflies.org.uk/sites/default/files/images/pynymm1
http://british-dragonflies.org.uk/species/large-red-damselfly
There are even some old pics of mine still there

… Mike Jennings, 6 June, 2012 - 10:06am

Pyrrhosoma nymphula?

damselfly. Dragonflies hold their wings perpendicular to their bodies (like a solar panel across their back)/parallel to the surface of their perch, while damselflies hold wings parallel to the body (streamlined from head to tail). :)

looks like Pyrrhosoma nymphula, Large Red Damselfly.

… mantispants, 5 June, 2012 - 7:51am

I should have added this in t

I should have added this in the description but these guys were not more than an inch maybe a little more than that long. Similar size to a Northern Bluet.

… Brian, 6 June, 2012 - 10:22am