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title: "Fragile Forktail"
description: "Ischnura posita — Insecten en spinnen. Ischnura posita, the fragile forktail, is a species of damselfly in the genus Ischnura."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/fragile-forktail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Fragile Forktail

> Ischnura posita — Insecten en spinnen. Ischnura posita, the fragile forktail, is a species of damselfly in the genus Ischnura.

- Scientific name: *Ischnura posita*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 61107
- Wikidata: [Q2214857](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2214857)
- iNaturalist taxon: [103498](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/103498)

## Names

- en: Fragile Forktail
- es: Caballito pigmeo del Este
- fr: Ischnure posée

## Countries with the most observations

US (54351), CA (2690), MX (20), GT (19), BZ (3)

## Summary

Ischnura posita, the fragile forktail, is a species of damselfly in the genus Ischnura. It is 21 to 29 millimetres (0.83 to 1.14 in) long. It is native to most all of eastern North America.
The shoulder stripes of both sexes resemble exclamation marks. It is one of the more common damselflies on the east coast of the US.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ischnura_posita

## Photo

![Fragile Forktail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/fragile-forktail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dennis White · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/182115988

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/fragile-forktail?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).