Subject: Superb Jewelwing, Calopteryx amata male

Location: Shaver’s Fork, Randolph County, West Virginia

Stock Number: 2439

Comments: Beginning dragonfly watchers often concentrate on lakes and ponds, and if they do they are likely to miss some beautiful riverine species like the Superb Jewelwing.

For more information and photos of this and other damselfly species found in West Virginia, see our Dragonflies and Damselflies of West Virginia pages.