Species Enallagma traviatum - Slender Bluet

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Slender Bluet - Enallagma traviatum - male

Damselfly - Enallagma traviatum - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)

Suborder Zygoptera (Damselflies)

Family Coenagrionidae (Narrow-winged Damselflies)

Genus Enallagma (American Bluets)

Species traviatum (Slender Bluet)

Size

29-32 mm

Identification

Abdominal segments 8 and 9 blue. Male has abdominal segment 10 black, with long appendages. Female has segment 10 blue. Middle segments black with blue rings. Large blue eyespots connected by narrow bar. Black shoulder stripes narrow. (1)

Range

Includes eastern United States.

Habitat

Permanent ponds, lakes, often near woodlands.

Season

Late May-September (New Jersey), June-July (Connecticut)

Food

Predatory on other insects.

1.	Damselflies of the Northeast By Ed Lam

Contributed by Cotinis on 3 April, 2005 - 7:26am
Last updated 3 April, 2005 - 9:12am

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