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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) » Slender Bluet (Enallagma traviatum)
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Slender Bluet - Enallagma traviatum
Copyright © 2006 Callen Harty

Slender Bluet - Enallagma traviatum
Governor Dodge State Park (Pine Cliff State Natural Area), Iowa County, Wisconsin, USA
June 19, 2006
Found on a fern leaf on a hillside just above a man-made lake. The coloration is almost a blue-grey. Photo was taken late morning. There were many dragonflies around, but I did not see any other damsels at the time.
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Contributed by Callen Harty on 21 June, 2006 - 9:17am
Last updated 23 October, 2007 - 9:36pm

Wow! This is interesting.
We're guessing that the color is due to the cool of the evening or maybe a newly eclosed "teneral" animal. So we changed it all to blue in our minds and came up with Slender Bluet. Check out the perfect description of your animal on Patrick's image at
… john and jane balaban, 21 June, 2006 - 7:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Slender Bluet
It does seem to fit.
… Callen Harty, 21 June, 2006 - 9:13pm login or register to post comments

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