Hello,
I hope you all can help me ID this Damselfly. It was found in the mountains of South Carolina at a beaver pond. I normally have no trouble ID'ing critters but a lot of the Damsels look similer. I dont think Damsels are considered "Garden" insects and hope this forum is broader than its title. If not, could someone direct me to a forum that could help?
Thank You All,
Derek
Have you try in what's that bug?
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/
bug guide is a useful page, too
http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=damselflies&search=Search
I consider the Damsels garden critters and fit in perfectly here on this forum. They are hard to id without being in hand, but, to me this one looks close to a Sedge Sprite. Could the top of the thorax been an iridescent green?
I'm guessing here...but it could be in the Nehalennia sp.
Here's a N. irene:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.odenews.org/images/endof.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.odenews.org/capecodlist.htm&h=418&w=592&sz=47&hl=en&start=25&um=1&tbnid=mPGSc7ckk0Ev5M:&tbnh=95&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsedge%2Bsprite%2Bdamselfly%26start%3D18%26ndsp%3D18%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
