Megalagrion pacificum is an endangered damselfly found on Maui. Evolving over 20 million years of isolation, these native damselflies and dragonflies are threatened by habitat loss and introduced ...

Chris Romo took this photo in late summer of what appears to be a nearly emerged familiar bluet damselfly (Enallagma civile).

Thanks to the fourth- graders at Beatty Elementary School in Las Vegas, Nevada has the beautiful Vivid Dancer Damselfly as its official state insect, not the ugly “mosquito” or “barfly” that state ...

CARSON CITY — Gov. Jim Gibbons made a lot of fourth-graders happy today when he signed into law a bill making the vivid dancer damselfly Nevada’s official state insect. The effort to make the blue and ...

Dragonflies and damselflies may look alike, but these expert hunters have distinct strategies. Dragonflies rule the open skies, while damselflies hover like tiny helicopters through dense vegetation.

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Damselflies are the demure relatives of dragonflies, those brash mosquito eaters of ponds and ...

DESCRIPTION: The oceanic Hawaiian damselfly has beautiful, translucent wings and a black body interspersed with red or green depending on its gender. HABITAT: The damselfly is found in fresh, running ...

For over 20 years, a research team has studied the common bluetail damselfly. Females occur in three different color forms -- one with a male-like appearance, something that protects them from mating ...