damselflies

jmlphoto · Post by **jmlphoto** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 12:48 pm

a few recent damselfly shots. any i.d's would help, wheres erland at

enjoy

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:53 pm

Gotta love those beady little bug eyes.

Erland R.N. · Post by **Erland R.N.** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:27 pm

The female dancers are really for experts, not for a European

. I suspect that the two last pictures are female Vivid Dancers. The California D. and the Aztec Dancer have a more narrow line on top of thorax (in front of wing base).

The first one is teneral male with soft wings etc. I can just see the secondary genitalia below 2. abdominal segment, indicating a male. The spikes on the legs are long compared to the distance between them, indicating a Dancer (Argia) and not Bluet (Enallagma). It might be possible to idenify it based on the dominant white band on the thorax.

Erland

jmlphoto · Post by **jmlphoto** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:59 pm

wow Erland your the man, i know your from Europe but you know these critters very well.