Eastern forktail
| Eastern forktail | |
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| Adult male | |
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| Adult female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Coenagrionidae |
| Genus: | Ischnura |
| Species: | I. verticalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ischnura verticalis (Say, 1839) [1] | |
Eastern forktail (Ischnura verticalis) 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.[2][3]
Flies from late June to early October.[3]
Gallery
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Immature Female%2C_Male.jpg)
Male
References
- ↑ "Ischnura verticalis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ↑ Abbott, John C. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States. Princeton University Press. p. 141. ISBN 0-691-11364-5.
- 1 2 Dubois, Bob. Damselflies of the North Woods. Duluth, MN:Kollath+Stensaas, 2005, p.110-111.
External links
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| External identifiers for Eastern forktail | |
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| Encyclopedia of Life | 234747 |
- Species Ischnura verticalis on BugGuide.Net
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