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  1. This enormous Neotropical species hovers in front of orb webs and plucks the spider out of its own snare.

    Difficulty: Hard
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    • Eastern Forktail
    • Blue-winged Helicopter
    • Common Blue Damselfly
    • Lemon-tipped Helicopter

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  2. This small pond dragonfly of North America has a powdery azure body, a striped thorax and a startling emerald face.

    Difficulty: Medium
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    • Needham's Skimmer
    • Blue Dasher
    • Sedge Darner
    • Eastern Pondhawk

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  3. This North American stream species has a metallic emerald body and entirely sooty wings, and flutters through shaded woodland like a small butterfly.

    Difficulty: Medium
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    • River Jewelwing
    • Ebony Jewelwing
    • Sparkling Jewelwing
    • American Rubyspot

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  4. This golden species makes the longest migration of any insect, crossing the Indian Ocean between generations, and has reached almost every warm coast on earth.

    Difficulty: Hard
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    • Wandering Glider
    • Rufous Marsh Glider
    • Crimson Marsh Glider
    • Spot-winged Glider

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  5. This European river species has a metallic cobalt male carrying a broad dark thumbprint across the middle of each wing.

    Difficulty: Hard
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    • Copper Demoiselle
    • Banded Demoiselle
    • Sparkling Jewelwing
    • Beautiful Demoiselle

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  6. This is the largest North American member of its family, big enough to hunt other dragonflies and butterflies, which it does habitually.

    Difficulty: Hard
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    • Dragonhunter
    • Unicorn Clubtail
    • Common Clubtail
    • Cobra Clubtail

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  7. This widespread stream species has a brilliant crimson patch at the base of each wing above a metallic bronze body.

    Difficulty: Hard
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    • Canyon Rubyspot
    • Ebony Jewelwing
    • American Rubyspot
    • Beautiful Demoiselle

    From Damselflies of the World Trivia →

  8. This large North American migrant has an unmarked apple-coloured thorax, a bullseye mark on the forehead and a violet-blue abdomen in the male.

    Difficulty: Medium
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    • Brown Hawker
    • Norfolk Hawker
    • Blue Emperor
    • Common Green Darner

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