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Duckweed Firetail
Telebasis byersi
The duckweed firetail (Telebasis byersi) is a small damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae. It is native mainly to the southeastern United States, but its distribution extends north to Illinois and west to New Mexico. It is 25–31 millimetres (0.98–1.22 in) long and red in color.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 113832.