Nebraska Dragonflies and Damselflies

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Eastern Forktail

Ischnura verticalis

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Pond Damselflies Coenagrionidae Family
Red Damsel Amphiagrion species Paiute Dancer Argia alberta Blue-fronted Dancer Argia apicalis Emma's Dancer Argia emma Variable Dancer Argia fumipennis violacea Powdered Dancer Argia moesta Aztec Dancer Argia nahuana Springwater Dancer Argia plana Blue-ringed Dancer Argia sedula Blue-tipped Dancer Argia tibialis Vivid Dancer Argia vivida Taiga Bluet Coenagrion resolutum River Bluet Enallagma anna Rainbow Bluet Enallagma antennatum Azure Bluet Enallagma aspersum Double-striped Bluet Enallagma basidens Boreal Bluet Enallagma boreale Tule Bluet Enallagma carunculatum To report a new county record: Record Form	Familiar Bluet Enallagma civile Alkali Bluet Enallagma clausum Northern Bluet Enallagma cyathigerum Marsh Bluet Enallagma ebrium Stream Bluet Enallagma exsulans Skimming Bluet Enallagma geminatum Hagen's Bluet Enallagma hageni Arroyo Bluet Enallagma praevarum Orange Bluet Enallagma signatum Slender Bluet Enallagma traviatum westfalli Vesper Bluet Enallagma vesperum Desert Forktail Ischnura barberi Pacific Forktail Ischnura cervula Plains Forktail Ischnura damula Citrine Forktail Ischnura hastata Western Forktail Ischnura perparva Fragile Forktail Ischnura posita Eastern Forktail Ischnura verticalis Sedge Sprite Nehalennia irene	The Eastern Forktail is the most widespread and well-known of the genus. The male is tiny, with a green and black striped thorax and a black abdomen with a bright blue tip. Young females are bright orange, becoming bluish gray with maturity. This species is often the first damselfly to appear in the spring.

		Size: 20-33 mm (0.8-1.3 in) Habitat: virtually all slow moving or still waters Great Plains Range: TX, OK, KS, NE, SD, ND, NM, CO, WY, MT, MO, IA, MN Flight season: May to October
		Blue indicates record in Beckemeyer database. Green indicates record in Sibley database. Yellow indicates sight or photographic record.

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