CLOSED: I found several very small Damsel flies yesterday.

Santa Fe, TX(Zone 9b)

I hope someone can help ID these. They are beautiful.

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Santa Fe, TX(Zone 9b)

Another.

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Santa Fe, TX(Zone 9b)

Another of same one, I think.

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Santa Fe, TX(Zone 9b)

This one has a green body, sort of.

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The Woodlands, TX(Zone 8b)

I love the damsels too!

The first one is probably a Bluet, maybe a Familiar, Enallagma civile, many of the Bluets require in-hand identification because they are so similar.

Santa Fe, TX(Zone 9b)

The closest I could come was a Taiga Bluet, but too many doubts. So many look so much alike.

Thanks, fly_girl.

Santa Fe, TX(Zone 9b)

Could the first one be a Double Striped Bluet?

And the second a Powdered Dancer Bluet?

I found some pics that look exactly like both, thanks to your getting me in the ballpark.

The Woodlands, TX(Zone 8b)

I think you're right, that first one does look more like a Double Striped.

Santa Fe, TX(Zone 9b)

Still more checking.

Thanks.

The Woodlands, TX(Zone 8b)

I haven't found a blue Dancer that has black end segments on his abdomen, could it have been blue but showed up black in the picture?

Santa Fe, TX(Zone 9b)

In the first picture the tip is obscured behind a blade of grass, so I am not sure how it ends.
I did find pictures that showed the Powdered with a black tip.
I suppose blue could look black in the shade. This is a new camera and I haven't learned that much yet. That might be hard to test, but I will try.

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