Citrine Forktail
Ischnura hastata
A tiny damselfly of ponds, marshes, ditches, and slow wetland edges, usually seen perched on low vegetation close to the water. Adults hunt minute flying insects by making short, quick flights from a perch and seizing prey with their legs before chewing it with small jaws. Its slim body and folded resting wings help it vanish among grass stems and reeds. This species is notable for its very small size and for unusual all-female, parthenogenetic island populations reported from the Azores.
- Type
- Wing
- Conservation status
- LC
Growth chain
- ?
- Citrine Forktail