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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Narrow-winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) » American Bluets (Enallagma) » Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)
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Kiowa or Variable dancer? - Enallagma civile
Copyright © 2010 Stephen

Kiowa or Variable dancer? - Enallagma civile
San Antonio/Leon Creek Greenway, Bexar County, Texas, USA
April 11, 2010
I'm getting a bit rusty with my damselfly identifications these days; is this a Kiowa or a Variable Dancer? Or neither?
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Contributed by Stephen on 12 April, 2010 - 9:17am
Last updated 14 April, 2010 - 2:46pm

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… Jason Forbes, 14 April, 2010 - 2:46pm login or register to post comments

Familiar Bluet - Enallagma civile (male)

Please note the comments by me on this image.

The Kiowa and Variable Dancers tend to hold their wings above the abdomen while the Enallagma species hold them by their abdomen.
Also all Argia species in Texas have the cerci (upper terminal appendages) much shorter than the paraprocts (lower terminal appendages).
… William Edwards, 12 April, 2010 - 8:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Good Advice
Hi William,
Thanks for the ID, and the good general advice for determining the genera.
Stephen
… Stephen, 12 April, 2010 - 10:00pm login or register to post comments

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