Three  Forktails Citrine Forktail Desert Forktail Mexican Forktail

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Above:  Citrine Forktail, Ischnura hastata, male.  Body length ~ 22mm      3 Sep 2004 near Sego Spring, Bitter Lake NWR, Chaves Co., NM

Left:  Citrine Forktail I. hastata, female.  Body length ~24 mm          4 Sep 2004 BLM Overflow Wetlands, Chaves Co., NM

Left:  Desert Forktail, Ischnura barberi, andromorphic female. Notice the heavy pruinosity. Body length ~ 34 mm       3 Sep 2004 Near Sinkhole # 31, Bitter Lake NWR, Chaves Co., NM. Below right:  Desert Forktail, I. barberi, another andromorphic female  Very pruinose. Body length ~ 32 mm       3 Sep 2004   Near Sinkhole #31, Bitter Lake NWR,, Chaves Co. NM

Left:  Desert Forktail, I. barberi, male mating with a teneral female.  Male body length ~ 30 mm. 6 Sep 2004 BLM Overflow Wet-lands, Chaves Co., NM

Left:  Mexican Forktail, Ischnura demorsa Body length ~ 38 mm          3 Sep 2004 Spring River, Roswell, Chaves Co., NM