Kinzua Critters

Insects

Ebony Jewelwing

(Calopteryx maculata)

Ebony Jewelwing

Species Description

**Description:** A stunning damselfly with a metallic blue-green body and solid, velvet-black wings.
**Size:** 1.5 to 2.2 inches long.
**Behavior:** Unlike the rapid flight of dragonflies, these flutter slowly and gracefully, looking more like dark butterflies.
**Identification:** Unmistakable due to all-black wings. The metallic body shimmer is most vivid when catching beams of sunlight in forest shadows.
**Habitat:** Shaded banks of clear, slow-moving forest streams like Tionesta Creek.