Template:Coenagrionidae
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Coenagrionidae
- Order
- Odonata
- Family
- Coenagrionidae
- Common name
- narrowwinged damselflies
- Tied fly
- Polly's Green Damsel
These damselfly larvae (sub-order Zygoptera) can be distinguished from dragonfly larvae (sub-order Anisoptera) by their more slender bodies and the presence of three leaf-like gills at the end of the abdomen and The family Coenagrionidae is characterized by its distinctly shaped labium which may or may not be extended.
Images of the gills at the end of abdomen, and another here. An image of the labium, and an extended labium.
