[Odonata-l] Damselfly identification

[Joshua Stuart Rose]

On Jun 30, 2006, at 10:59 AM, Pilon, Michel wrote:
>
> I took those pictures near a marsh in south of Quebec (Canada) near  
> Vermont:
>
> http://parcours.pilonm.org/cgi-bin/affiche.pl?inconnu!6!9
> http://parcours.pilonm.org/cgi-bin/affiche.pl?inconnu!7!9
> http://parcours.pilonm.org/cgi-bin/affiche.pl?inconnu!8!9
> http://parcours.pilonm.org/cgi-bin/affiche.pl?inconnu!9!9
>
> Do you think that species #6 & #7 belong to the same species than  
> #8 and #9?
>
> Is it possible to have the family name and maybe the species name?
>
> Thank you very much in advance for your precious help (and sorry  
> for my bad english).

Hi Michel,

Your English is far better than my French.

Species 6-7 is very different from 8-9. Different genus and family  
even. 6-7 is family Lestidae, genus Lestes. 8-9 is family  
Coenagrionidae, and unless I'm mistaken, genus Enallagma. I am unable  
to name either to species at this point, but perhaps one of the  
subscribers from maritime Canada or the northeastern US might chime  
in...

Cheers,

Josh


Joshua Stuart Rose
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World Birding Center
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