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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) » Stream Bluet (Enallagma exsulans)
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Bluet sp. - Enallagma exsulans
Copyright © 2011 Ari Rice

Bluet sp. - Enallagma exsulans
Potawotami Woods, Cook County, Illinois, USA
August 21, 2011
Seen on the Des Plaines River between Lake Cook and Dundee Road.
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Contributed by Ari Rice on 2 September, 2011 - 6:27pm
Last updated 4 September, 2011 - 1:35am

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… Ari Rice, 4 September, 2011 - 1:35am login or register to post comments

Stream Bluet - Enallagma exsulans - Male
That is a male Stream Bluet. It is a "Black-type" bluet with a black 'V' in the blue on segment 8 (the tip of the abdomen). They are typically found at medium to large streams.
… Dan Jackson, 2 September, 2011 - 8:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting...
This was along the Des Plaines River, which I usually consider too big to be a stream. Where I was, the river was about 30 -40 feet wide, but it's not very deep.
… Ari Rice, 4 September, 2011 - 1:34am login or register to post comments

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