Species Enallagma pollutum - Florida Bluet

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

Florida Bluet - Enallagma pollutum - 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 pollutum (Florida Bluet)

Size

29-34 mm length

Identification

Very similar to Orange Bluet, Enallagma signatum--can be distinguished by details of male cerci, see:

Range

Southeastern United States: Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi.

Habitat

Lakes, ponds, streams, but not clear lakes with sandy bottoms (1).

Season

All year in Florida

See Also

Orange Bluet, Enallagma signatum

Print References

Dunkle, pp. 125-126, fig. 94--male, cerci, p. 94 (1)

Works Cited

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

Contributed by Cotinis on 9 December, 2006 - 7:23am
Last updated 9 December, 2006 - 12:23pm

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