#zygoptera
I have finally come across the Microsoft Ice software on the lab computer, enabling me to take close up pictures of larger organisms at high magnification and seamlessly stitch them together!
This is Calopteryx, a genus of broadwinged damselfly in the family Calopterygidae. Found in moderate, flowing current, usually on subaquatic vegetation, or on grasses the hang into the water. They blend in very well to thick clumps of vegetation, letting them sneak up on prey, and away from predators.
Genus:Calopteryx
Family: Calopterygidae
Suborder: Zygoptera
Order: Odonata
Collected in Trucka Brook, Adirondack Park.
Information in part from J Reese Voshell, 2002.
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Would you let these polite fellows into your home?
