Western Forktail Damselfly
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The green on the body indicates a teneral male, and the color of the two appendages at the bottom of the abdomen will soon turn to the basic forktail blue. Teneral females possess an orange color.
They are a very widespread Western Species, found around ponds, lakes and wetlands of all elevations, and they closely resemble their Eastern counterparts Ischnura verticalis.
© 2009. Patricia A. Michaels.