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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) » Orange Bluet (Enallagma signatum)
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Are these Dark Lester Eggs? - Enallagma signatum
Copyright © 2016 leanchar

Are these Dark Lester Eggs? - Enallagma signatum
Cold Spring Harbor, Suffolk County, New York, USA
August 23, 2016
Are these eggs on both damselflies? - Also, there is a fine string that the eggs seem to travel up/down. You can see one egg on its path. It's very cool if they are.
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Contributed by leanchar on 24 August, 2016 - 8:45am
Last updated 8 September, 2016 - 8:15am

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Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 8 September, 2016 - 8:15am login or register to post comments

Orange Bluets
The damselflies are Enallagma signatum, in case you needed an ID for them.
… Nick Block, 4 September, 2016 - 9:33am login or register to post comments

Mites
Those are mites on the female.
… Dan Jackson, 31 August, 2016 - 8:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Mites
There seems to be the same thing on the upper back of the male. Are they mites as well?
… leanchar, 1 September, 2016 - 8:03am login or register to post comments

 
Mites
I goofed and looked again. The top of the thorax on the male looks normal and doesn't have any mites. The area where the wings are attached has lots of structure and often has a different color than other parts of the thorax. He does look like he has two on the under side of the thorax.
… Dan Jackson, 1 September, 2016 - 8:27am login or register to post comments

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