Citrine Forktail

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Apart from their colorful bodies, Citrine Forktails (Ischnura hastata) receive the most attention for being the smallest damselflies in the United States.

They are fairly well established throughout the Eastern United States. Their range also extends West to California, in pond areas along the southern border of the United States.

Females, like that pictured above, are predominantly orange. Males have a green thorax with orange on the abdomen.

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