• Butterflies
• Dragonflies
• Damselflies
• Tiger beetles
• Hike with Mike

• damselfly families
  • Broad-Winged Damsels
  • Pond Damsels
  • Spreadwings
• Broad-Winged Damsels
  • River Jewelwing
  • Ebony Jewelwing
  • American Rubyspot
  • Smoky Rubyspot

River Jewelwing

(Calopteryx aequabilis)

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The River Jewelwing is not very common in Central Wisconsin. The male in the upper photo is the only individual that I have seen in Waushara County in three years. The photo of the female was taken in Vilas County, Wisconsin on June 12, 2005.