Dysagrion packardi

 
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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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