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Ebony Jewelwing (male)

Calopteryx maculata

Photo by RiekoS
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Field Notes

Notes:

Black wings with metallic green/blue body. Beautiful dragonfly.

Species ID Suggestions

Ebony Jewelwing

Calopteryx maculata

Reference Link
Jacob Gorneau
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Comments (3)
RiekoS
Thank you so much again Jakubko. Male and female look so different. But, they were flying around together, so I knew that they liked each other ;-0. ps -- I meant to say "dragonfly," not butterfly
Jacob Gorneau
And this is a male due to the lack of a white tip on the wing.
Jacob Gorneau
This is actually more closely related to the dragonfly. This is a damselfly in the order Odonata, suborder Zygoptera. Dragonflies are in the order Odonata and the suborder Anisoptera. When one refers to these both, they usually just call them "Odes."
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PublishedJuly 21, 2013

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