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Eastern Forktail

Ischnura verticalis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ohio.January 727, February 787, March 1,064, April 2,068, May 4,850, June 3,527, July 3,111, August 2,696, September 1,772, October 850, November 611, December 576.
United States45,488
Ohio19,451
Canada14,299
Ontario10,223
Illinois3,672
Wisconsin3,214
New York2,971
Virginia2,464
Minnesota2,290
Quebec2,041

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderDragonflies and Damselflies · Odonata
FamilyNarrow-winged Damselflies · Coenagrionidae
GenusForktails · Ischnura

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