A Citrine Forktail damselfly (Ischnura hastata) was spotted during a stream-walk along South Fork Quantico Creek in Prince William Forest Park (PWFP), Prince William County, Virginia USA. This individual is a male, as indicated by his coloration and terminal appendages.
26 JUN 2018 | PWFP | Citrine Forktail (male)
Citrine Forktail is the smallest species of damselfly in North America. Maybe that explains why it took so long to add Citrine to my life list of odonates!
Every reference I have read says Citrine habitat is lentic, that is, it prefers ponds and lakes rather than the lotic habit where I found the individual shown above. I wish I had carried one of my camera kits for macro photography, but I didn’t expect to see Citrine along a mid-size stream.
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Tags: Citrine Forktail damselfly, Family Coenagrionidae, Ischnura hastata, lentic, lotic, male, Narrow-winged Damselflies, Prince William Forest Park, South Fork Quantico Creek, terminal appendages
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