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Zygoptera 03 - Enallagma annexum
Copyright © 2008 Karl Volkman

Zygoptera 03 - Enallagma annexum
Empire Lake, Ferry County, Washington, USA
June 19, 2008
Restin on the shaded leaves of a false Solomon berry plant in the afternoon. Possibly Ternal?
Contributed by Karl Volkman on 6 July, 2008 - 11:30pm
Last updated 12 July, 2008 - 1:14pm

Moved
Moved from American Bluets.
… john and jane balaban, 12 July, 2008 - 1:14pm

Teneral or maybe just cold
They get brighter blue as they warm up. The color coming up the sides of segment 8 like that suggests female Enallagma cyathigerum.
… john and jane balaban, 6 July, 2008 - 11:36pm

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