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Photo#976571
bluet damselfly - Lestes

bluet damselfly - Lestes
Deer Grove, Whiteside County, Illinois, USA
August 8, 2014
Size: 4-5cm
I think this is a Enallagma sp. but I would like help with identification to species level.

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It is a male in the genus Les
It is a male in the genus Lestes (spreadwing), probably Lestes disjunctus, but not certain on the species.

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Looks rather to be a Lestes
Can you add more images from other perspectives?

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