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Skimming Bluet Damselfly

Enallagma geminatum

Spotting Image 1

Description:

Definitely a damselfly... but not exactly sure what kind.

Habitat:

Marshland Pond

1 Species ID Suggestions

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bayucca
bayucca 7 years ago
Skimming Bluet
Enallagma geminatum Black Abdomen Black-eyed Light Blue - Enallagma geminatum - BugGuide.Net


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2 Comments

Joseph R. Godreau
Joseph R. Godreau 7 years ago

Thanks for helping identify this guy.

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bayucca
bayucca 7 years ago

Coenagrionidae, Narrow-winged Damselflies, I would say. After checking tons of damselflies my closest candidate would be Enallagma geminatum. But since I actually have no IDeas about Odonata, please, verify!!!
http://bugguide.net/node/view/1085965/bg...
Best match:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/190128/bgi...
Please, check very carefully EVERY marking!
Good luck! You are free to try also the other ones ;-)...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/380/bgpage...

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Joseph R. Godreau
Spotted by
Joseph R. Godreau

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Spotted on May 23, 2016
Submitted on Jun 1, 2016

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