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Pacific Fork-tail

Ischnura cervula

Description:

damselfly

Habitat:

near water

Notes:

damselfly

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2 Comments

Kalen
Kalen 3 years ago

damselfly

gratography
gratography 4 years ago

normally the Eugene, OR area hosts seven pond damselfly species like the one pictures
Western red damsel
Emma’s dancer
Vivid dancer
Tule bluet
Northern bluet
Pacific forktail
Western forktail

The Pacific Fortail is known for the two spots on the thorax. It's close to the one in your picture.. However, Pacific Forktails are also known to have some green color in the eyes and I do not see that.

So, I'm just giving a guess here.

https://greennature.com/damselflies/

Kalen
Spotted by
Kalen

Spotted on Apr 24, 2020
Submitted on Apr 24, 2020

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