How can you tell if a river jewelwing is male or female?

The male has a metallic blue-green body and black wing tips. The female is duller brown with smoky wing tips that have white spots near the tips.

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Species of Demoiselles

Copper demoiselle River jewelwing Ebony jewelwing Banded demoiselle Beautiful demoiselle Yellow-tailed demoiselle Calopteryx atrata Dark-winged damselfly Japanese demoiselle Superb jewelwing Sparkling jewelwing

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Scientific Classification

Phylum

Arthropods

Class

Bugs

Order

Odes

Family

Broad-winged damselflies

Genus

Demoiselles

Species

River jewelwing (Calopteryx aequabilis)

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