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Damselflies: Suborder Zygoptera (3 Galleries)

Damselflies are small and jewel-like, sometimes ethereal, often brightly coloured, and always beautiful. Also, a challenge to identify!

New images are at the start of the gallery.

Aurora damselfly (Chromagrion conditum)
Aurora damselfly (Chromagrion conditum)		 Spreadwing (Lestes sp.)
Spreadwing (Lestes sp.)		 Bluet damselfly (Enallagma)
Bluet damselfly (Enallagma)		 Ebony jewelwing damselfly, male (Calopteryx maculata)
Ebony jewelwing damselfly, male (Calopteryx maculata)		 Ebony jewelwing
Ebony jewelwing
Lyre-tipped spreadwing
Lyre-tipped spreadwing 		Eastern forktail (Ischnura verticalis ) with mites
Eastern forktail (Ischnura verticalis ) with mites		 River jewelwing (Calopteryx aequabilis)
River jewelwing (Calopteryx aequabilis)		 Eastern forktail (Ischnura verticalis) female
Eastern forktail (Ischnura verticalis) female		 Eastern forktail (Ischnura verticalis) female
Eastern forktail (Ischnura verticalis) female
Eastern forktail, immature female (Ischnura verticalis)
Eastern forktail, immature female (Ischnura verticalis)		 Variable (Violet) dancer (Argia fumipennis violacea)
Variable (Violet) dancer (Argia fumipennis violacea)		 Variable (Violet) dancer (Argia fumipennis violacea)
Variable (Violet) dancer (Argia fumipennis violacea)		 Variable (Violet) dancer (Argia fumipennis violacea)
Variable (Violet) dancer (Argia fumipennis violacea)		 Violet Dancer (Argia fumipennis)
Violet Dancer (Argia fumipennis)
Orange bluet (Enallagma signatum), male
Orange bluet (Enallagma signatum), male		 Mating Orange bluets (Enallagma signatum)
Mating Orange bluets (Enallagma signatum)		 Broad-winged Damselflies (Family: Calopterygidae)
:: Broad-winged Damselflies (Family: Calopterygidae) :: 		Spreadwings (Family: Lestidae)
:: Spreadwings (Family: Lestidae) :: 		Pond Damsels (Family: Coenagrionidae)
:: Pond Damsels (Family: Coenagrionidae) ::
reflectionsofnature03-Jul-2011 11:54
Very nice and interesting variety of damsels in this gallery. Voted A+++!
libby 08-Aug-2010 12:51
For the first time we saw the Ebony Jewelwing on a secluded stream. The body seems to change colour between blue and green. Hard to say if this is an optical effect or an actual colour change dependent on some unknown factor (at rest/in flight?). They appear curious and will gladly leave their resting spot to take up a perhaps new resting location on our kayaks. They are spectacular.
Joanne Kamo28-Jun-2010 01:56
Outstanding gallery of damselflies. I don't know how you manage to spot them all..wonderful work!
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