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Ebony Jewelwing (male)

Calopteryx maculata

Notes:

Black wings with metallic green/blue body. Beautiful dragonfly.

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3 Comments

RiekoS
RiekoS 10 years ago

Thank you so much again Jakubko. Male and female look so different.
But, they were flying around together, so I knew that they liked each other ;-0. ps -- I meant to say "dragonfly," not butterfly

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 10 years ago

And this is a male due to the lack of a white tip on the wing.

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 10 years ago

This is actually more closely related to the dragonfly. This is a damselfly in the order Odonata, suborder Zygoptera. Dragonflies are in the order Odonata and the suborder Anisoptera. When one refers to these both, they usually just call them "Odes."

RiekoS
Spotted by
RiekoS

New York, USA

Spotted on Jul 20, 2013
Submitted on Jul 21, 2013

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