A large, long-bodied insect with two pairs of slender wings typically held together over the abdomen at rest. Damselflies are powerful predators, both as aquatic larvae and as flying adults. (Order: Odonata. Suborder: Zygoptera, c.3000 species.)
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Common Blue Damselfly, Enallagama cyathigerum |
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Amphipterygidae |
The Damselfly (Suborder Zygoptera) is an insect in the Order Odonata.
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Emerald Spreadwing Lestes dryas |
Beautiful Demoiselle |
Common Blue Damselfly |
Black Torrent Dart |
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Coromandel Marsh Dart |
Female Ebony Jewelwing Calopteryx maculata |
Common Blue Damselfly Eating a Leafhopper |
Mating Damselflies
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