Damselflies (Pacific Forktail)

Pacific Forktail

Ischnura cervula

Native
Status: Uncommon

Size: very small

Length -  23 - 30 mm

Eye color - female: pinkish-orange 

Face color - male:  female: 

Thorax color - nymph: tan or greenish; male: 4 tiny blue spots in each corner on top of black thorax; female: immature shows stripes on top

Abdomen color - male: abdomen black with blue "tail" markings that touch top & bottom; long hairs extend from prothorax toward the midline; abdomen tip pattern - 2 narrow blue rings bracketing segment 8

Stigma color - pale 

Appendages - upright 'fork'

Habitat - weedy ponds & streams

Flight period - February to November

Range - southern British Columbia east to Alberta, and south to New Mexico and Baja California

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