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Bentsen mystery damsel, side view - Enallagma novaehispaniae - male
Copyright © 2006 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Joshua S. Rose, Ph.D.

Bentsen mystery damsel, side view - Enallagma novaehispaniae - Male
World Birding Center HQ at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
July 27, 2006
I noticed one of these damselflies here on July 26, then found and photographed another (or the same one?) the next day. It looks like a Bluet (Enallagma sp.), but to my eyes it does not seem to match any damsel pictured in Abbott's "Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas"... Both times I observed this critter, it was feeding in the butterfly garden not particularly close to water. It seemed very small, in the range of E. basidens or an Ischnura sp., much smaller than Argia sedula or A. apicalis which were close at hand for comparison.

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Bentsen mystery damsel, side view - Enallagma novaehispaniae - male Bentsen mystery damsel, dorsal view - Enallagma novaehispaniae - male Bentsen mystery damsel, posterior view - Enallagma novaehispaniae - male
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Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 18 August, 2006 - 9:33am
Last updated 18 August, 2006 - 11:24am

Neotropical Bluet
Identified by Dennis Paulson and Tony Gallucci as a Neotropical Bluet, immature male. Normally the species has a bold black band across the posterior section of abdominal segment 8, dividing the blue tail-spot into two separate spots, but in some individuals (like this one) the black band is much thinner than usual.

Joshua S. Rose, Ph.D.
World Birding Center
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park
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