Damselflies (American Rubyspot)

American Rubyspot

Hetaerina americana

Native
Status: Common

Size: medium/large

Length - 40 - 46 mm

Eye color - male: maroon; female: tawny

Face color - male: maroon; female: ivory

Thorax color - male: metallic red with creamy colored striping; female: green metallic also with creamy stripes

Abdomen color - male: burnished deep maroon; female: metallic green on top, tan below

Stigma color - female: white

Wing color - male: ruby red basal 1/3, female: amber spot that is sometimes red

Appendages - 1-2 toothed lobes

Habitat - open streams, rivers

Behavior - perches on rocks or logs in the middle of a stream

Flight period - late February - December 

Range - every state of the USA except Washington and Idaho, also found in Mexico and southeast Canada

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