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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) » Skimming Bluet (Enallagma geminatum)
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Damselfly - Enallagma geminatum
Copyright © 2006 Tom Bentley

Damselfly - Enallagma geminatum
Reed Turned Woodland, Lake County, Illinois, USA
August 9, 2006
i am still not very good at identifying damsleflies. I assume this is one of the very common blue species.
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Contributed by Tom Bentley on 9 August, 2006 - 11:06pm
Last updated 10 August, 2006 - 6:49am

Skimming Bluet
Yes, it is common. Enallagma geminatum. Very nice! It appears also to be carrying some water mites on the abdomen. The wavy blue stripe on segment 2 is diagnostic according to Ed Lam's book on Damselflies of the Northeast.

David
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Thanks David....I appreciate
Thanks David....I appreciate it!
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