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odonates part 2: damselflies

**updated Jan 2024**

Odonates: dragonflies (big, wings out) and damselflies (small, wings up).

Damselfly (infraorder Zygoptera) families include: spreadwings, broad-winged damsels, and pond damsels.

I got really into odes during the summer of 2020. Odes are now my second favorite group of animals behind birds.

Click links above to skip to a specific gallery, or scroll down to enjoy them all.

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spreadwings (family Lestidae)

broad-winged damesels (family Lestidae)

pond damsels (family Coenagrionidae)

like the skimmers, there are too many pond damsels, necessitating galleries by genus

dancers (genus Argia)

bluets (genus Enallagma)

forktails (genus Ischnura)

other pond damsels

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