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mgarr Hanover Twp., PA(Zone 6a) Jun 23, 2007

A small damsel fly. Anyone know the name?

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Jun 24, 2007

I think it's a Rambur's Forktail Ischnura ramburii. They're close in appearance to the Blue-fronted Dancers but there's more black on the thorax. Not real sure though...

edit: Also maybe Ischnura verticalis...

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fly_girl The Woodlands, TX(Zone 8b) Jun 25, 2007

I don't think it's a Blue-fronted Dancer because the black stripes look too thick. The Eastern Forktail doesn't have a blue thorax, and the Rambur's Forktail seems to have green shoulder stripes . If it had yellow on the underside of the abdomen, we could be sure.

So, I'm going with the Skimming Bluet, Enallagma geminatum.

What do you think?

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