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Calopteryx is a genus of large damselflies belonging to the family Calopterygidae. The colourful males often have coloured wings whereas the more muted females usually have clear wings although some develop male (androchrome) wing characteristics. In both sexes, there is no pterostigma. [1]
Coenagrion is a genus of damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae, [2] commonly called the Eurasian Bluets (although three species are found in North America: Coenagrion angulatum, Coenagrion interrogatum, and Coenagrion resolutum [3]). Species of Coenagrion are generally medium-sized, brightly coloured damselflies. [4]
Nehalennia integricollis, the southern sprite, is a species of narrow-winged damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] It is found in North America ...
The damselfly shelters among various plants and algaes in its habitat, including [6] green algae, yellow water lily, hydrilla, lizard's tail, pickerelweed, common cattail, upright sedge, common bladderwort, common duckweed, black willow, orange jewelweed, spotted Joe-pye weed, poison ivy, wild grape, sassafras, common greenbrier, and buttonbush.
Damselflies are odonates in the suborder Zygoptera. There are 4 superfamilies: Calopterygoidea, Coenagrionoidea, Hemiphlebioidea and Lestoidea. There are 4 superfamilies: Calopterygoidea, Coenagrionoidea, Hemiphlebioidea and Lestoidea.
Calopteryx aequabilis, the river jewelwing, is a species of broad-winged damselfly.The species was first described by Thomas Say in 1839. [2] It is one out of the 170 species of the Odonata found from northeastern Alberta to Newfoundland and southward in most of northern part the United States.
Lestes vigilax, the swamp spreadwing, is a damselfly of the genus Lestes. It grows between 42 and 55 mm long. It grows between 42 and 55 mm long. It ranges from eastern North America west to Minnesota , Oklahoma , and Texas , and to Georgia and South Carolina .
At rest, the wings of most damselfly species are held back together, unlike dragonflies, which rest with their wings out flat. The thorax of juvenile males has a green tinge. [5] Female blue-tailed Damselflies come in a variety of colour forms. [4] Juveniles may be salmon pink, form rufescens; violet, form violacea and a pale green form. The ...