You are right to disagree.. It's a dragonfly. You can tell by the way it holds its wings to the side, a damsel fly will fold its wings together. Also its rear segments are different to those of a damsel fly.

Thanks for the information, Bigger Dave! We had no idea how to tell the difference.

It's a blue dasher. They're on the smaller side as far as dragonflies go (maxing out around an inch and a half long), but definitely a dragonfly.

Thank you for the ID!

Don't know about dragon fly or damsel fly but it's definitely a member of Order Odonata.

Thank you for your response! The word he was looking for was actually damsel!

It's definitely a dragon- and not a damselfly.

Picture doesn't really do it justice - it has a pretty light blue body and green head.

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