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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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Enallagma, Argia, or Ischnura (?) with much orange on abdomen - Enallagma civile
Copyright © 2019 Alfredo Colon

Enallagma, Argia, or Ischnura (?) with much orange on abdomen - Enallagma civile
Woodbury, Washington County, Minnesota, USA
The photo was taken some time between early July and late August 2018 - exact date unknown.

Looks like an immature eastern forktail (Ischnura verticalis) or possibly an orange bluet (Enallagma signatum), except for the mostly orange A3 through A5 and the half orange A6. Note also the blue legs. Female or immature?

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Enallagma, Argia, or Ischnura (?) with much orange on abdomen - Enallagma civile Enallagma, Argia, or Ischnura (?) with much orange on abdomen - Enallagma civile
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Contributed by johnvalo on 18 December, 2019 - 7:33am
Last updated 17 April, 2020 - 9:31am

Moved
Moved from Damselflies.
… Tyler Hedlund, 17 April, 2020 - 9:31am login or register to post comments

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 10 January, 2020 - 10:26pm login or register to post comments

Enallagma
maybe civile
… john and jane balaban, 18 December, 2019 - 9:10am login or register to post comments

 
Maybe
The pattern looks right for familiar bluet (Enallagma civile) but I don't see any photos of it on BugGuide that are orange. The photos you selected look right on except for the color.
… johnvalo, 18 December, 2019 - 11:18am login or register to post comments

 
Teneral / Immature
Many Enallagma sp. start out orange or pink and turn blue with maturity.
… Dan Jackson, 26 December, 2019 - 3:42pm login or register to post comments

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