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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) » Hagen's Bluet (Enallagma hageni)
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Damselfly - Enallagma hageni
Copyright © 2006 brian flaig

Damselfly - Enallagma hageni
Northwest, Minnesota, USA
June 15, 2005
Think it's either Marsh or Hagen's Bluet, but can't quite decide.

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Contributed by brian flaig on 3 April, 2006 - 1:27pm
Last updated 14 April, 2006 - 6:34am

Damselfly ID
There may be enough detail on your original image to compare it with . If the cerci is forked as in this image, then this would suggest Marsh. If it is unforked and slender it would suggest Hagen's. Perhaps you could add a closly cropped photo of the abdomenal appendages for our experts to ponder. After cropping, enlarging and sharpening your image in Photoshop, my impression is that the cerci are unforked and slender. This only an impression, as the 560 pixel size of the BugGuide images doesn't permit much of this sort of manipulation.
Gayle
… Gayle and Jeanell Strickland, 3 April, 2006 - 6:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Added closeup of appendages.
Added closeup of appendages. Hope this helps.
… brian flaig, 3 April, 2006 - 8:11pm login or register to post comments

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