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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)
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Unknown Damselfly - Enallagma - male
Copyright © 2013 Barb Sendelbach

Unknown Damselfly - Enallagma - Male
Bloomingdale, Essex County, New York, USA
June 1, 2013
I'm probably totally wrong.... I need help. I am torn between Northern Bluet and Marsh Bluet. Some markings I see Marsh but some seem more like a Northern and to me the eyes seem like neither.
Can anyone id and explain why so I can understand better?
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Contributed by Barb Sendelbach on 18 June, 2013 - 9:00pm
Last updated 2 July, 2013 - 10:50am

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bluet
The forked cerci on a Marsh bluet are unmistakeable. Unfortunately the cerci aren't resolved well enough in this photo to determine their shape
… Larry de March, 19 June, 2013 - 12:08am login or register to post comments

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