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Eastern Forktail
Ischnura verticalis
38.7881, -92.7994
Field Notes
Description:
Pictured are a male and an immature female. Males have green shoulder stripes and pale green sides. Immature females have an orange thorax, as opposed to the grayish-blue mature females.
Habitat:
Common at small well-vegetated ponds (Stokes, Beginner's Guide to Dragonflies)
Notes:
Observed both of these individuals near a small pond, was lucky enough to get fairly close to them as they perched
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