Azure Bluet
Enallagma aspersum (Hagen, 1861)
caught a picture of this july 20th while sitting at the mines of spain in dubuque, iowa overlooking the mississippi. looked this damselfly and its lover were mating. it has an interesting technique of eating. it flies very rapidly dashing around. after it gathers a small piece of food it sits still and uses the far end of its tail (the tip that is black near segment 10) to feed itself at the mouth (segment 1). since this is peak season for these little guys, it isn't too much of a surprise that i saw them flying around. nonetheless, 'tis a beautiful specimen.
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