Ebony Jewelwing Damselfly - Calopteryx maculata
Order Odonata / Suborder Zygoptera / Family Calopterygidae -- broad-winged damselflies / Genus Calopteryx Leach, 1815
Species Calopteryx maculata (Beauvois, 1805) -- demoiselle bistr?, ebony jewelwing
The jewelwings with the all black wings are males - the females have the white markings near the wingtips. The jewelwings with brown eyes are immature (teneral).



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