Eastern Forktail Damselfly
Ischnura verticalis
Eastern Forktail Damselfly
Ischnura verticalis
The Eastern Forktail is a member of the damselfly family. Damselflies are predatory insects that can be easily identified by the way they hold their wings at rest. They hold their wings together above the body, while the related Dragonflies, hold their wings horizontally. They have long tail-like structures at the end of the abdomen which are gills, used to obtain oxygen from the water. The nymphs are aquatic and undergoing their metamorphosis out of the water.
Identification: They are mainly yellow-green with blue at the end of the last abdominal segments.
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Ischnura
Binomial name: Ischnura verticalis
Ischnura verticalis
The Eastern Forktail is a member of the damselfly family. Damselflies are predatory insects that can be easily identified by the way they hold their wings at rest. They hold their wings together above the body, while the related Dragonflies, hold their wings horizontally. They have long tail-like structures at the end of the abdomen which are gills, used to obtain oxygen from the water. The nymphs are aquatic and undergoing their metamorphosis out of the water.
Identification: They are mainly yellow-green with blue at the end of the last abdominal segments.
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Ischnura
Binomial name: Ischnura verticalis
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