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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) » Tule Bluet (Enallagma carunculatum)
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Damselfly - Enallagma carunculatum
Copyright © 2005 James E. Jans

Damselfly - Enallagma carunculatum
near Alexandria, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
June 23, 2005
Size: 7 - 8 cm
A bluet?
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Contributed by James E. Jans on 27 June, 2005 - 12:39pm
Last updated 26 July, 2005 - 5:32pm

Wow! That's a definite keeper :-)
or there is something wrong with your ruler! Our biggest damsels are about 6 cm and this isn't one of those species. Anyway, it seems to be a female Enallagma. Unfortunately many of the females have such a color pattern, E.carunculatum, E.civile, E. doubledayi, and E. durum. Durum would be the largest at 4.5 cm, but I don't think it ranges into your area. Doubledayi might not either. That leaves you with civile and carunculatum, both about 3.5 cm. Any males around? If you have some images of males from the same time, we can probably distinguish between these two for you.
… john and jane balaban, 22 July, 2005 - 12:22am login or register to post comments

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