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Dragonfly body, wings are different, color is like a nascar paintjob
Middle georgia
Have submitted before but this is a better picture
Spotted on May 31, 2011
Submitted on May 31, 2011
2 Comments
Certainly it is a Calopteryx, but virgo is a European species. It may be a ebony jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata), but start your search here to see if you can narrow down the ID: http://bugguide.net/node/view/550/bgimag.... At any rate, it is a beautiful insect. We find them here in Minnesota along sun-dappled trout streams, and it doesn't get much better than that.
Calopteryx virgo ?