Species Enallagma divagans - Turquoise Bluet

Classification · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Turquoise Bluet - Enallagma divagans - female

Turquoise bluet - Enallagma divagans - male

Turquoise bluet, female - Enallagma divagans - female

Not Sure - Enallagma divagans - male - female

Bluet genus Enallagma - Enallagma divagans

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 divagans (Turquoise Bluet)

Identification

Males have turquoise blue sides of thorax, abdomen mostly black, segments 8 and 9 are blue. (1)

Range

Eastern North America

Habitat

Springs, rivers, seepages, bogs

Season

Spring

Remarks

Guide TBA--PC (more on id--details from Lam)

See Also

Skimming Bluet, Slender Bluet

Print References

Dunkle, Fig. 78, 78, pp. 108-109 (1)

Lam, p. 60 (2)

Internet References

Giff Beaton's page on Pond Damsels, including Turquoise Bluet.

Works Cited

1.	Damselflies of Florida, Bermuda, and the Bahamas By Sidney W. Dunkle

2.	Damselflies of the Northeast By Ed Lam

Contributed by Cotinis on 27 April, 2004 - 10:44am
Last updated 3 April, 2005 - 7:25am

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