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Ebony Jewelwing

Calopteryx maculata

Photo by RenoTarquinio
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Field Notes

Description:

A damselfly found in the grass at Beaver Creek Park in Ohio.

Species ID Suggestions

Ebony Jewelwing

Calopteryx maculata
MichaelFulbright
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NRumbaugh
http://www.insectsofwestvirginia.net/d/calopteryx-maculata.html
MichaelFulbright
This is a damselfly in the family Calopterygidae which are the Broad-winged Damselflies. You can tell apart a damselfly from a dragonfly by the way the wings are attached to the thorax(body.) Damselflies have to same shaped wings, but dragonflies have larger hindwings.
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PublishedJune 17, 2011

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