Familiar bluet (female)

Description:

Pale blue damselfly with brown eyes. Almost continuously black on its back, with orange/yellow markings on the side. I'm assuming female based on the egg-laying position of the second photo. Between 2 and 3 inches long, which made it stand out from the much smaller forktails that were occupying the same general area.

Habitat:

Grasses and plants about 50 feet from Poplar Tree Lake in Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park. The dominant species were eastern amberwing and slaty skimmer, but there were several forktails in the vegetation. This was the only larger damselfly I saw anywhere near the water.