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Orange Bluet Damselfly

Enallagma signatum

Description:

These bright damselflies are about 3 cm (1.2 in) in length. The orange shoulder stripe on the thorax is twice as wide as the black shoulder stripe and section 9 on the tail is orange.

Habitat:

Wetlands. I photographed this one at a rest stop along the Mississippi River at the edge of a wetland.

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4 Comments

Gordon Dietzman
Gordon Dietzman 11 years ago

Thanks everyone. I spent a very happy hour photographing these insects--much fun.

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

Fantastic snaps,

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 11 years ago

Beautiful Gordon :)

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

very nice series!

Gordon Dietzman
Spotted by
Gordon Dietzman

Minnesota, USA

Spotted on Jun 27, 2012
Submitted on Jun 28, 2012

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