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INSECTS

Eastern Forktail

Ischnura verticalis

Insects
Native
Eastern Forktail, photo 1 of 5
Eastern Forktail, Nymph
Eastern Forktail, Male
26.5 mmLength

Dragonfly or damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae 26.5 mm long. Lives in marshes and near water. Feeds on insects.

There are 1,341 observations of Eastern Forktail in Québec, mostly in Montérégie, Estrie and Montréal, and it has been reported in every region. They peak from June to August and become rare from October to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Montérégie237
  2. Estrie215
  3. Montréal174
  4. Laurentides143
  5. Capitale-Nationale125
  6. Outaouais114
  7. Mauricie82
  8. Lanaudière61
  9. Centre-du-Québec46
  10. Abitibi-Témiscamingue41
  11. Chaudière-Appalaches38
  12. Bas-Saint-Laurent22
  13. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine19
  14. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean12
  15. Laval9
  16. Côte-Nord2
  17. Nord-du-Québec1

Habitat

MarshVyacheslav Argenberg
Water’s edgepeupleloup

Similar species

Fragile ForktailIschnura posita
Orange BluetEnallagma signatum
Citrine ForktailIschnura hastata
Familiar BluetEnallagma civile
Sedge SpriteNehalennia irene
Skimming BluetEnallagma geminatum
Powdered DancerArgia moesta
Eastern Red DamselAmphiagrion saucium
Stream BluetEnallagma exsulans
Azure BluetEnallagma aspersum
Variable DancerArgia fumipennis
Taiga BluetCoenagrion resolutum