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Calopteryx maculata
It is between 39–57 mm (1.5–2.2 in). The males have metallic blue-green bodies and black wings. Females have duller brown bodies and smoky wings and glistening white spots near tip wings. Naiad have pale brown bodies with darker markings.
Wooded streams and rivers throughout most of the United States and Canada.
This one is a male, and seeing him made my morning.
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