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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Narrow-winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) » American Bluets (Enallagma) » Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)
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Familiar Bluet? - Enallagma civile - male
Copyright © 2014 Nikole Loomis (Bush Cricket and Buckeye Lover)

Familiar Bluet? - Enallagma civile - Male
Triangle Point Butterfly Garden, Cape May County, New Jersey, USA
September 2, 2013
I think this is a male, so here is a close up of the cerci.

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Contributed by Nikole Loomis (Bush Cricket and Buckeye Lover) on 29 October, 2014 - 12:56pm
Last updated 29 October, 2014 - 2:20pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… Greg W. Lasley, 29 October, 2014 - 2:20pm login or register to post comments

I'd say the cerci look good f
I'd say the cerci look good for Familiar Bluet. Thanks for such a close up of the appendages.
… Greg W. Lasley, 29 October, 2014 - 2:20pm login or register to post comments

 
:)
You're welcome. Anything I can do to help with an ID.
I also love close ups of the head and body. I love studying the patterns.
… Nikole Loomis (Bush Cricket and Buckeye Lover), 29 October, 2014 - 2:35pm login or register to post comments

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