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Western Forktail (female)

Ischnura perparva

Description:

Females in the immature stage is an orange and black with thorax stripes, then in the intermediate the orange is replaced as a greyish yellow and the stripes begain to pale and the eyes have already turned green. The mature female becomes powdery blue on the abdomen, you no longer see the thorax stripes and the eyes are vivid green with a dark cap.

Habitat:

Spotted patrolling a pond.

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Jellis
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Jellis

Hayward, Lake Del Valle State Recreational Area, USA

Spotted on May 18, 2014
Submitted on May 28, 2014

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