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Calopteryx maculata
wings of immature adults light to dark brownish; wings of mature adult males solid black; wings of females dark gray, shading to almost black apically, and with a conspicuous white spot at tip; male body metallic green or bluish; female body dark grayish or black
Range eastern two-thirds of US and eastern half of Canada
Saw while at the Huntsville state park.
Spotted on Apr 11, 2012
Submitted on Apr 12, 2012
4 Comments
Ah alright, I wasn't sure if there was a stage after the aquatic wingless stage and the fully adult stage. Thanks for the help, I'm going to update it now. Still gotta lot more to update from today haha
O cool, I had I few more I was going to add soon
Yes it's a damselfly, both damselfly and dragonfly juveniles are wingless aquatic nymphs that do not much look like the adults. So when you see them with wings like this, they are fully grown adults. And I'm pretty sure this is (Calopteryx maculata) the Ebony Jewelwing.
A kind of damselfly