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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) » Golden Bluet (Enallagma sulcatum)
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Damselfly - Enallagma sulcatum - male
Copyright © 2011 oliver1

Damselfly - Enallagma sulcatum - Male
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA
September 18, 2011
3 pm in Maclay State Garden.

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Contributed by oliver1 on 18 September, 2011 - 4:29pm
Last updated 11 January, 2013 - 3:00pm

Moved
Moved from Vesper Bluet.
… William Edwards, 11 January, 2013 - 1:49pm login or register to post comments

Expert ID - Enallagma sulcatum (male)
I sent your images to Dennis Paulson (1) who identified them as Enallagma sulcatum.
… William Edwards, 11 January, 2013 - 1:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Wow ...
many thanks. This is the first BG first for me, or am I missing something?
… oliver1, 11 January, 2013 - 1:54pm login or register to post comments

 
You're welcome.
Yes - it is a first for BugGuide.
Thank you very much also.
… William Edwards, 11 January, 2013 - 1:58pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… oliver1, 19 September, 2011 - 10:58am login or register to post comments

Perhaps ...
... an Orange Bluet?
… oliver1, 18 September, 2011 - 5:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Vesper
Not Orange, the blue tip gives it away as a Vesper Bluet. Usually only seen flying at dawn and dusk. I find they love the lilypads or other floating veg.

… Brenda Van Ryswyk, 19 September, 2011 - 9:14am login or register to post comments

 
Great!
Many thanks.
… oliver1, 19 September, 2011 - 10:57am login or register to post comments

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