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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) » Slender Bluet (Enallagma traviatum)
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Slender Bluet - Enallagma traviatum - male
Copyright © 2005 Cotinis

Slender Bluet - Enallagma traviatum - Male
Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
June 7, 2003
Looking carefully at the discussion in Lam, (1) this appears to be a male Slender Bluet, Enallagma traviatum. The critical marks are:
  • large eyespots
  • narrow black shoulder stripes
  • middle abdominal segments mostly black with blue rings
  • abdominal segments 8 and 9 blue
  • abdominal segment 10 black, long appendages are just visible in the photo
The Turquoise Bluet, E. divagans, is very similar, but differs in the characters above. See guide page for Internet references.
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Contributed by Cotinis on 3 April, 2005 - 9:15am

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