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Dysagrion packardi

scale in cms
CLASS - Insecta
ORDER - Odonata
FAMILY - Calopterygidae
GENUS/SPECIES - Dysagrion packardi
ROCK UNIT - Parachute Creek Member of Green River Formation
AGE - Eocene Epoch (48 million years old)
LOCALITY - Douglas Pass, Garfield Co., Colorado, USA
A damselfly is similar to a dragonfly except that it holds its wings
together vertically over the body, instead of horizontally. Damselflies
are aerial predators which eat smaller insects.
PRI 40778
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