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Species Enallagma ebrium - Marsh Bluet

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Marsh Bluet - Enallagma ebrium - male Bluet i.d.  Any hope? - Enallagma ebrium - male Bluet i.d.  Any hope? - Enallagma ebrium - male Marsh Bluet - Enallagma ebrium Bluet - Enallagma ebrium Marsh Bluet - Enallagma ebrium - male Enallagma ebrium - Marsh Bluet - Enallagma ebrium - male Tule Bluet (Enallagma carunculatum)  ?? - Enallagma ebrium

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 ebrium (Marsh Bluet)

Size

25-34 mm

Identification

Mostly blue bluet with segment 7 almost totally black and segment 6 half black. Black spots on other segments approximately equal sized. (1)

Range

Northern tier of states in US

Habitat

Marshy ponds

Season

June to August

Works Cited

1.Damselflies of the Northeast
Ed Lam. 2004. Biodiversity Books.