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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Narrow-winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) » American Bluets (Enallagma)
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blue dragonfly - Enallagma
Copyright © 2007 JoHannah Heller

blue dragonfly - Enallagma
Ottawa, Illinois, USA
August 1, 2007
located in wetlands.
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Contributed by JoHannah Heller on 28 February, 2008 - 10:46pm
Last updated 1 April, 2008 - 12:54pm

Most likely
Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)
… Howell Curtis, 1 March, 2008 - 12:08am login or register to post comments

Bluet
This is actually a bluet damselfly, genus Enallagma. Unfortunately, most species of this genus are almost impossible to identify without a close-up of the terminal appendages.
… Minray Yang, 29 February, 2008 - 9:25am login or register to post comments

 
thanks
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… JoHannah Heller, 29 February, 2008 - 10:44am login or register to post comments

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