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Northern or Boreal Bluet - Enallagma - female
Copyright © 2009 D. Cheasebro

Northern or Boreal Bluet - Enallagma - Female
Gold Creek Pond (just W of Snoqualmie Pass on I-90), 2600 feet elevation, Kittitas County, Washington, USA
July 14, 2009
Based entirely on BugGuide: Males have more blue coverage; females are usually but not always pale. Other species having narrow blue bands on the middle abdominal segments (from above) have more blue on 8 and 9. Can't distinguish between the two species.

The plant appears to be Oxeye Daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare (non-native).
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Contributed by D. Cheasebro on 23 July, 2009 - 5:32pm
Last updated 4 October, 2009 - 1:29am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… D. Cheasebro, 23 July, 2009 - 10:13pm login or register to post comments

yes
Looks like female Northern/Boreal and they pretty much can't be distinguished.
… Jason Forbes, 23 July, 2009 - 10:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you,
Jason
… D. Cheasebro, 23 July, 2009 - 10:10pm login or register to post comments

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