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Species Enallagma carunculatum - Tule Bluet

Another Damsel fly to ID. - Enallagma carunculatum Could be Tule Bluet,  Santa Cruz CA - Enallagma carunculatum Tule Bluet - Enallagma carunculatum Which bluet please - Enallagma carunculatum Tule Bluet-Kalkaska - Enallagma carunculatum - male - female Tule bluet - Enallagma carunculatum - male What Species is this? (Binomial name please) - Enallagma carunculatum - male Tule Bluet - Enallagma carunculatum - female
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 Enallagma (American Bluets)
Species carunculatum (Tule Bluet)
Size
27-37 mm long
Identification
Most abdominal segments half or more black above. (1)
Range
Northern half of US, south to Oklahoma, New Mexico, west to California
Habitat
Rivers, lakes and open ponds
Season
March to November (Odonata Central data)
Works Cited
1.Damselflies of the Northeast
Ed Lam. 2004. Biodiversity Books.