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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Narrow-winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) » Eurasian Bluets (Coenagrion) » Taiga Bluet (Coenagrion resolutum)

Species Coenagrion resolutum - Taiga Bluet

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Works Cited
Damselfly Imm Other view - Coenagrion resolutum - female Taiga Bluet in New Brunswick - Coenagrion resolutum - male Bluet - Coenagrion resolutum Coenagrion resolutum - male Taiga Bluet Damselfly (Coenagrion resolutum) - Coenagrion resolutum - male Damselflies - Coenagrion resolutum - male - female Zygoptera - Damselflies - Coenagrion resolutum - male Taiga Bluet - Coenagrion resolutum - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)
Suborder Zygoptera (Damselflies)
Family Coenagrionidae (Narrow-winged Damselflies)
Genus Coenagrion (Eurasian Bluets)
Species resolutum (Taiga Bluet)
Size
27-33mm long
Identification
Back half of segment 5 and all of segments 6 and 7 are all black, with greenish sides on thorax. (1)
Range
Northern half of US
Habitat
Ponds, marshes, sphagnum pools.
Season
Mid May to early August
Works Cited
1.Damselflies of the Northeast
Ed Lam. 2004. Biodiversity Books.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 1 September, 2004 - 9:34pm

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