Subject: Sedge Sprite Mating Pair, Nehalennia irene, Family Coenagrionidae

Location: Dolly Sods, Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia

Stock Number: 06-37552

Comments: Common in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada.

Mature males are pale blue on the lower sides of the thorax, while females are yellowish there.

Shown is the "wheel position" used in the mating of dragonflies and damselflies.

Note: For a large number of photos of this and other damselfly species, see our West Virginia Dragonflies and Damselflies website.