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Tule Bluet (Enallagma carunculatum)
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Copyright © 2014
Jerry Friedman
Blue damselfly -
Enallagma carunculatum
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Ohkay Owingeh Fishing Lakes, Española, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
July 30, 2014
Is this identifiable?
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Contributed by
Jerry Friedman
on 24 August, 2014 - 7:25pm
Last updated 27 August, 2014 - 6:33pm
Moved
Moved from
Damselflies
.
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Jerry Friedman
, 25 August, 2014 - 7:42pm
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Moved
Moved from
Damselflies
. Thanks. I would never have known to look for that, but I see it in
this image.
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Jerry Friedman
, 25 August, 2014 - 7:42pm
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Enallagma carunculatum (male)
The cerci, at the end of the abdomen, with the pale tubercle on the end of them is diagnostic for this species.
This is visible in your enlarged image on the right cercus.
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William Edwards
, 25 August, 2014 - 7:26pm
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