Eastern forktail damselfly

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Smith, Grayson/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
07/01/2019
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Public Domain
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The Eastern Forktail is the most widespread and well-known of the genus. The male is tiny, with a green and black striped thorax and a black abdomen with a bright blue tip. Young females are bright orange, becoming bluish gray with maturity. This species is often the first damselfly to appear in the spring.
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