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unidentified damselfly

Photo by Allen Hoof
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Field Notes

Description:

Iridescent blue damselfly, with black abdominal bands, about two inches long.

Habitat:

Pacific Northwest montane forest.

Notes:

Spotted resting on a rock along the shore of East Lake in Newberry Crater National Volcanic Monument in central Oregon.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Allen Hoof
Spenser - Thanks for the suggestion. It motivated me to do some looking around online, and as a result I'm inclined to believe my spotting is Argia sp., perhaps Argia vivida.
Spenser
Looks like an Ischnura species.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2019

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