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Aurora Damsel - Chromagrion

chromagrion.aspxOur 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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