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  4. Insects
  5. Dragonflies and Damselflies
  6. Narrow-winged Damselflies
  7. Forktails

genus

Forktails

Ischnura

Includes
13 native 4 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Eastern Forktail native
  • Fragile Forktail native
  • Rambur's Forktail native
  • Common Bluetail present
  • Pacific Forktail native
  • Citrine Forktail native
  • Australian Bluetail
  • Aurora Bluetail present
  • Lilypad Forktail presumed native
  • Western Forktail native
  • Black-fronted Forktail native
  • Plains Forktail presumed native
  • Ischnura asiatica present
  • Mexican Forktail presumed native
  • Tiny Forktail present
  • Desert Forktail presumed native
  • Furtive Forktail presumed native
  • Swift Forktail presumed native
  • San Francisco Forktail native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native forktails All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Eastern Forktail Ischnura verticalis 64,361 observations
  • Fragile Forktail Ischnura posita 60,539 observations
  • Rambur's Forktail Ischnura ramburii 28,640 observations
  • Pacific Forktail Ischnura cervula 17,592 observations
  • Citrine Forktail Ischnura hastata 14,614 observations
  • Western Forktail Ischnura perparva 3,667 observations
  • Black-fronted Forktail Ischnura denticollis 2,305 observations
  • San Francisco Forktail Ischnura gemina 89 observations

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