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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) » Azure Bluet (Enallagma aspersum)

Species Enallagma aspersum - Azure Bluet

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Dragonfly name? - Enallagma aspersum Dancer or Bluet? - Enallagma aspersum Dancer or Bluet? - Enallagma aspersum Azure Bluets - Enallagma aspersum - male - female Damselfly - Enallagma aspersum Damselfly - Enallagma aspersum Enallagma aspersum - male Bluet sp. - Enallagma aspersum
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 aspersum (Azure Bluet)
Numbers
One of 35 Nearctic species in the genus.
Size
27-34 mm
Identification
Male with very large blue eyespots. Segment 10 is black on top, while segments 8 and 9 are blue on top. Segment 7 is largely blue, but is black toward the front, and there is a characteristic pattern where the blue gives way to black.

Female with unmistakeable paired blue spots on segments 7 and 8. See Ed lam (1) page 58
Range
Most of the Eastern United States, also a disjunct population in Montana. In Canada, reported from Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.
Habitat
Shallow ponds, lakes, and bogs, usually fishless.
Season
June through October
Food
Tiny flying insects
Internet References
Iowa Odes

Dragonflies and Damselflies of West Virginia
Works Cited
1.Damselflies of the Northeast
Ed Lam. 2004. Biodiversity Books.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 3 September, 2004 - 6:33pm
Additional contributions by Stephen_WV
Last updated 5 July, 2005 - 3:42pm

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