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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Broad-winged Damselflies (Calopterygidae) » Jewelwings (Calopteryx) » Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)
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damselfy with black wings - Calopteryx maculata - male
Copyright © 2013 kperizzolo

damselfy with black wings - Calopteryx maculata - Male
Chapel Hill, NC, USA, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
May 12, 2013
Size: two to three inches
this damselfly has been flying around the vegetation adjacent to my pond for about a week. The closest id I could come to from my damselfly guide is ebony jewelwing, but they are supposed to be green and this guy is clearly blue. A different species or an odd color variant?

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damselfy with black wings - Calopteryx maculata - male damselfy with black wings - Calopteryx maculata - male
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Contributed by kperizzolo on 20 May, 2013 - 11:15am

Ebony Jewel Wing Damselfly
we have a TON of them in Florida.
… grima wormtongue, 20 May, 2013 - 11:24am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request. The color seems to be dependent on the lighting, blue to green.
… john and jane balaban, 20 May, 2013 - 11:21am login or register to post comments

ID.
Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata), male.
… Fyn Kynd, 20 May, 2013 - 11:21am login or register to post comments

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