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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Narrow-winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) » American Bluets (Enallagma) » Pale Bluet (Enallagma pallidum)

Species Enallagma pallidum - Pale Bluet

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Pale Bluet - Enallagma pallidum - female Pale Bluet - Enallagma pallidum - male Pale Bluet - Enallagma pallidum - female Damselfly ID - Enallagma pallidum
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 pallidum (Pale Bluet)
Size
30-36 mm
Identification
Very similar to Attenuated (E. daeckii) and Slender (E. traviatum) bluets. Very pale, and very faintly marked with black. Abdominal segment 7 black in males, partly blue in male Attenuated Bluets. Abdominal segment 2 has full-length black mark on top, only partial dark mark in Attenuated Bluet. See Lam, p. 63. (1)
Range
Southeastern United States
Habitat
Slow-moving rivers, ponds, canals
Season
May-August (Virginia), April-August (Florida)
Food
Predatory on other insects
Print References
Lam, p. 63 (1)
Dunkle, pp. 114-115 (2)
Internet References
Giff Beaton
Works Cited
1.Damselflies of the Northeast
By Ed Lam
2.Damselflies of Florida, Bermuda, and the Bahamas
By Sidney W. Dunkle
Contributed by Cotinis on 15 December, 2004 - 10:15pm

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