Species Enallagma ebrium - Marsh Bluet

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Works Cited

Bluet on Cattail - appendage detail - Enallagma ebrium - male

Bluet on Cattail - head - Enallagma ebrium - male

Marsh Bluet, closeup of male claspers - Enallagma ebrium - male

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 ebrium (Marsh Bluet)

Size

25-34 mm

Identification

Mostly blue bluet with segment 7 almost totally black and segment 6 half black. Black spots on other segments approximately equal sized. (1)

Range

Northern tier of states in US

Habitat

Marshy ponds

Season

June to August

Works Cited

1.	Damselflies of the Northeast By Ed Lam

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 3 September, 2004 - 5:29pm

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