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Mature Female Eastern Forktail A mature female eastern forktail rests on a water smartweed plant. Captured on a morning walk around an old wetlands while looking for fun things to practice on with the new camera kit.  Damselflies,Eastern Forktail,Geotagged,Illinois,Ischnura verticalis,Odonata,United States Click/tap to enlarge

Mature Female Eastern Forktail

A mature female eastern forktail rests on a water smartweed plant. Captured on a morning walk around an old wetlands while looking for fun things to practice on with the new camera kit.

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The Eastern Forktail is a member of the damselfly family Coenagrionidae. The males are yellow-green with blue on the top of the eighth and ninth abdominal segments. The females may be orange, or less commonly yellow-green like the male. Flies from late June to early October.

Similar species: Dragonflies And Damselflies
Species identified by travismorhardt
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By travismorhardt

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Uploaded Jul 29, 2014. Captured Jul 29, 2014 09:10 in 9001 Becker Road, Savanna, IL 61074, USA.
  • NIKON D3300
  • f/8.0
  • 10/2500s
  • ISO200
  • 300mm