Fragile Forktail
Ischnura posita
The adult is a small damselfly often found low in grasses and sedges around ponds, wetlands, ditches, and quiet stream edges. It makes short, quick flights from perches to catch gnats, mosquitoes, and other tiny flying insects. Adults rest with the wings folded over the back, unlike many dragonflies that hold their wings out flat. A broken pale shoulder stripe on the thorax gives many individuals a distinctive exclamation-mark look.
- Type
- Wing
- Conservation status
- LC
Growth chain
- ?
- Fragile Forktail