Calopteryx maculata

Slender dragonflies with a metallic shiny body. Coloring of males: bluish-green or blue-blue body with a metallic sheen. The wings are almost entirely metallic-blue or bluish-blue, shiny, only the tops somewhat lighter. Males do not have pterostigma . In females, instead of pterostigma, there is a bright spot, which is crossed by veins. The wings are smoky, translucent, with grayish-brown veins. The outer vein of the wings is metallic and shiny green. Veins of wings brown. The front edge of the wing with a green metallic sheen. The body is bronze-green, the front is shiny, the back end is matte ^{[2] [3]} .

USA ( New England and Mid-Atlantic States), southeastern Canada .

Summer period: mid-June - mid-September, in some localities occurs year-round ^[4] . Like other representatives of the genus of beauties, has a slow fluttering flight. They live near slow-flowing streams and rivers, whose banks are covered with abundant vegetation ^[5] . In case of danger, they leave the resting places on the plants, rising to the canopy of the trees. Females usually sit on near-water vegetation, and males in addition fly over the water surface or along the coast. Far from water dragonflies do not fly away. Females with the help of ovipositor incise the stems or leaves of aquatic plants and lay 1 egg each. The female immerses only the abdomen in the water, remaining above the surface of the water.