elegant black wings. The females are a duller brown with a white spot on their wings. Each print is on 8” x 10” handmade khaki green paper with fibre inclusions & a deckle edge. Based on a photo I took in the Rouge National Park.

#linocut #printmaking #jewelwing #damselfly #insect

Ebony Jewelwing Damselfly (female
Amherst State Park, Amherst, NY USA
Photographed August 29, 2025
Canon R5, RF 100-500
#photography #wildlifephotography #canon #nature
#photographersunited #animalphotography #macro #insects #naturephotography #darkandmoody #closeupphotography #damselfly #jewelwing

Male Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata) on the Swamp Rabbit Trail in Greenville, South Carolina.

Male Ebony #Jewelwing in #Greenville, #SC

Taxonomy
Order: #Odonata
Family: #Calopterygidae
Genus: Calopteryx
Species: C. maculata

#insects #arthropods #dragonflies #damselflies #nature #wildlife #outdoors #photography #entomology

This title card features two photographs: one of an Ebony Jewelwing damselfly on the left, and one of a Monarch butterfly on the right.

Our final #MarchSpeciesMadness battle of Round 2 pits the Ebony Jewelwing against the Monarch Butterfly. Both are beautiful creatures that deserve their space. Which gets your vote? Cast your ballots at strawpoll.com/YVyPmA...

#Conservation #Jewelwing #Monarch