Damselfly

Fragile Forktail

Ischnura posita

comments (4)

DannyLong

Lion

Closest I can come to an ID is a Western Forktail (Ischnura perparva), even though it says the are predominantly west of the Rockies so far nothing else looks close. Posted 11 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  I'm not sure either, but for now I have created the species manually. Maybe @Wildflower sees this, she's quite the expert on damselflies. Here's also an interesting article on how difficult it can be to just identify this supposed species:
  
  http://nwdragonflier.blogspot.nl/2011/01/insect-alchemy-maturing-female-western.html Posted 11 years ago
2. 1. WildFlower
    
    Lion
    
    I'm not really much of an expert. I checked some references for this species, but it doesn't seem very likely to be the right one because the end of the tail is not blue. The Fragile Forktail - Ischnura posita seems like a better match - it has the split stripe on the back and no blue on the tail.
    http://www.haysophill.com/Ischnura_posita.html
    http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/fragile_forktail.htm
    http://bugguide.net/node/view/604/bgimage
    http://www.marylandinsects.com/Forktails.html Posted 11 years ago
  2. 1. DannyLong
      
      Lion
      
      I agree nice job. I went through hundreds of pictures on Bugguide and Greg Lasley has a pretty informative site (http://www.greglasley.net), but none seemed a good match. Posted 11 years ago

The Fragile Forktail is a species of damselfly in the genus "Ischnura". It is 21 to 29 mm long. It is native to most all of eastern North America.

Species identified by WildFlower

Uploaded May 23, 2014. Captured May 13, 2013 08:40.