Bluet - unident - Enallagma carunculatum

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Bluet - unident - Enallagma carunculatum

Gros Morne N.P./Berry Head Pond, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
July 14, 2006

Any ideas? Common at edge of fair sized pond, not much above sea level. Coverage of Ed Lam book stops at Maine, and they all look alike. Not sure if ID can be made just from photo.

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Contributed by Rich Kelly on 20 January, 2007 - 10:03am
Last updated 22 January, 2007 - 9:12pm

Actually in Lam's book

they switch from being mostly black to being mostly blue right at E carunculatum, page 65. It will be interesting to see what Cliff says, but we always think of these with abdominal segment 4 equally divided between black and blue as E carunculatum. Other species seem either to have more blue or more black on the abdomen.

… john and jane balaban, 20 January, 2007 - 10:33am

Bluet

Thanks for your input. Cliff agrees with you.

… Rich Kelly, 22 January, 2007 - 6:16pm

Sounds good to me

I would draw the same conclusions from Lam, although I will add I have never seen this species.

… Cliff Bernzweig, 21 January, 2007 - 3:32pm

Bluet

Thanks for your input.

… Rich Kelly, 22 January, 2007 - 6:14pm

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