Description
Calopteryx aequabilis perched along Perry Creek of Black River Falls State Park.
Date 16 July 2011, 20:27
Source River Jewelwing http://www.flickr.com/photos/wild_attributes/5963235258/
Author Bob Danley http://www.flickr.com/people/42335288@N07
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:River_Jewelwing_(5963235258).jpg

Calopteryx aequabilis, the river jewelwing, is a species of broad-winged damselfly. It is one out of the 170 species of the Odonata found from northeastern Alberta to Nova Scotia and south in most of the United States. The male has a metallic blue-green body and black wing tips. The female is duller brown with smoky wing tips that have white spots near the tips. The naiad is pale brown with darker markings. It lives near small to moderate forest streams. Order: Odonata, Suborder: Zygoptera, Family: Calopterygidae.