Aurora Damsel - Chromagrion
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Aurora Damsel is the only member of its genus. This damselfly
repeatedly gets mistaken for a bluet. The male thorax is black
dorsally and blue laterally with a small yellow patch on the lower part of
the thorax. The abdomen is long and slender, mostly black with blue rings on
segments 3 through 7 and blue with a pattern of black markings
on dorsally on segments 8 and 9. The wings are clear, eyes are
blue with no postocular spots.
Females resemble males but
are light brown where the male is blue. Females
also show the lateral yellow thoracic patch.
This damselfly can be seen perched for fairly long
period of time on low vegetation around shorelines. It often perches
like a spreadwing with its wings held partially separated.
The Aurora Damsel is at home in bogs, fens, small streams, vernal pools
and quiet lakes.
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