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Calopteryx maculata
A damselfly found in the grass at Beaver Creek Park in Ohio.
This is a damselfly in the family Calopterygidae which are the Broad-winged Damselflies. You can tell apart a damselfly from a dragonfly by the way the wings are attached to the thorax(body.) Damselflies have to same shaped wings, but dragonflies have larger hindwings.
Spotted on Jun 17, 2011
Submitted on Jun 17, 2011
