This is one of the most common damselflies, but who wouldn't like its bright body and lovely name?
This is a boy. The girls don't have shiny blue-green bodies, but they do have a white spot on the wing.
You can tell damselflies from dragonflies because the damselflies rest with their wings along their bodies like this one. Dragonfly wings are always at right angles to their bodies. However, they are both in the order Odonata.
The ebony jewelwing is Calopteryx maculata.
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It is a great critter for macro photography.
ReplyDeleteA handsome guy.
such a beautiful picture!!
ReplyDeletewell isn't he the handsome little thing :)
ReplyDeleteNice weather here at last. Brings out lots of winged insects. We have damselflies too. Bit early for them yet.
ReplyDeleteI don't think we have those here. If so, I don't see them in the back 40.
ReplyDeleterainfield- I knew you would like it! But I could never have gotten the camera close enough to it for macro
ReplyDeleteLynn- once in a while I get lucky!
Ann- they glow in the sun as if the light had rubbed off on them
John- I bet you have different kinds. We do too, but this is the most easily seen
Lin- I'm sure you do- they like wetlands.
Interesting. Now we can identify the male damselfly--even if it does seem to be an oxymoron. Love that pic.
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