Rambur’s Forktail damselfly (female)

The following photos show a Rambur’s Forktail damselfly (Ischnura ramburii) spotted along the shore of Accotink Bay. This individual is the orange-red heteromorph female.

Females orange-red, olive green, or may look like males. Source Credit: Wikipedia.

Habitat: Accotink Bay Wildlife Refuge, a 1,200 acre preserve located at Army Garrison Fort Belvoir, Fairfax County, Virginia USA.

Special thanks to Mr. Chris Hobson, Natural Areas Zoologist with the Virginia Natural Heritage Program, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, for kindly allowing Project Noah spotter “Louisa” and me to tag along on one of his wildlife surveys!

Tags: Accotink Bay Wildlife Refuge, female, heteromorph, Pond Damsels Family, Rambur's Forktail damselfly, wildlife photography

This entry was posted on November 16, 2012 at 3:38 pm and is filed under Aperture, Canon EOS XTi, damselflies, digital photography, natural science. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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New discoveries in 2014-2015 | walter sanford's photoblog Says:
May 16, 2017 at 8:52 am | Reply
[…] to occur at Huntley Meadows, including Blue Corporal dragonfly, Stream Cruiser dragonfly, and Rambur’s Forktail damselfly, to name a […]

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