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Pale Bluet? - Enallagma traviatum - female
Copyright © 2008 Stephen Schueman

Pale Bluet? - Enallagma traviatum - Female
Glen Burnie, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
June 6, 2008
The dorsal stripe looks like three stripes on my original image. Kind of hard to see on this cropped verion.

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Pale Bluet? - Enallagma traviatum - female Pale Bluet? - Enallagma traviatum - female
Contributed by Stephen Schueman on 28 June, 2008 - 8:18am
Last updated 29 June, 2008 - 10:14pm

Female Slender Bluet
Thin shoulder stripes, stripes on top of thorax and pattern on top of segment 8 are good for female Slender Bluet. I think a pale bluet would have a lot less black on its head and thorax.
… Andy R, 29 June, 2008 - 6:47am

 
Enallagma traviatum
Thanks much! Slender Bluets abdomen does seem a bit shorter than that of the Pale Bluet too, at least relative to wing length. I don't know if that holds water but... Giff Beaton also makes mention that the Slender Bluet is "Marked more heavily than Pale...", on his website. I need to get a Ode guide; there are too many confusing similar species.
… Stephen Schueman, 29 June, 2008 - 8:55pm

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