Rambur's Forktail

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Forktails, genus Ischnura, are a small group of damselflies in the narrow-winged damselfly family, Coenagrionidae.

Immature female forktails have a characteristically orange throax. Species identification can be done by examining the striped pattern on the thorax and the length of the orange coloration down the abdomen.

The top pictures shows an immature female Rambur's Forktail, a common Southern species from coast to coast.

© 2006. Patricia A. Michaels.