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odonates part 2: damselflies
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**updated Jan 2024**
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​Odonates: dragonflies (big, wings out) and damselflies (small, wings up).
Damselfly (infraorder Zygoptera) families include: spreadwings, broad-winged damsels, and pond damsels.
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I got really into odes during the summer of 2020. Odes are now my second favorite group of animals behind birds.
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spreadwings (family Lestidae)
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broad-winged damesels (family Lestidae)
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pond damsels (family Coenagrionidae)
like the skimmers, there are too many pond damsels, necessitating galleries by genus
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dancers (genus Argia)
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bluets (genus Enallagma)
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