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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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Blue Damselfly - Enallagma civile
Copyright © 2009 Linda & Robert Scarth

Blue Damselfly - Enallagma civile
along Echo Lake, Hwy 103 on the way to Mount Evans, Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
July 19, 2005
Size: approx. 5 cm.
We have puzzled over several possible species IDs and think this is a useful first submission.
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Contributed by Linda & Robert Scarth on 10 March, 2009 - 2:32pm
Last updated 11 March, 2009 - 1:04pm

Difficult
There are several species that are difficult or impossible to identify from a photo. I suspect this one is Enallagma civile - Familiar Bluet, because of long appendages on the tip of the abdomen. Just a guess...
… Bob Barber, 10 March, 2009 - 4:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Familiar Bluet
Thanks. We will go with that though we also wondered if it was a Northern Bluet. Now to figure out how to move it.
… Linda & Robert Scarth, 11 March, 2009 - 12:52pm login or register to post comments

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