Damselflies (Black-fronted Forktail)

Black-fronted Forktail

Ischnura denticollis

Native
Status: Uncommon

Size: very small and delicate

Length -  21 - 26 mm

Eye color - small circular eyespots

Face color - male:  female: 

Thorax color - male: dark, blue sides, female: immature - pale coral, mature female greenish blue

Abdomen color - male: blue patches on top and lime below

Stigma color - white margin at back

Appendages - top bent down

Habitat - lakes, ponds, seeps

Behavior - lays eggs in tandem

Flight period - March-November in our area

Range -  eastern Oregon east to Kansas and south to Texas, Baja California, and Guatemala, all of California except northern coast

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