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Eastern Forktail (male)

Ischnura verticalis

Photo by alfrediguana
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Field Notes

Description:

The males are yellow-green with blue on the top of the eighth and ninth abdominal segments. The females may be orange, or less commonly yellow-green like the male.

Habitat:

in the Finzel Swamp area in Garrett County, MD.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
Geodialist
Another good reference: _Dragonflies and Damselflies of the East_ by Dennis Paulson (Princeton Field Guides) Princeton University Press. I recommend the Kindle Edition (great for quick searches and highlighting text).
alfrediguana
Thanks. I will start looking at bugguide.net, it looks like a better research tool.
Geodialist
This is an Eastern Forktail damselfly (Ischnura verticalis). Fragile Forktail damselflies can be identified by their black thorax with two distinctive exclamation points (either blue or green, depending upon maturity); their abdomen isn't blue-tipped like the Eastern Forktail. http://bugguide.net/node/view/4983

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