Stream bluet explained

The stream bluet (Enallagma exsulans) is a species of American bluet damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae. Its length is 29–37 mm. Many bluet species prefer ponds and lakes; the stream bluet as its name implies is most at home along moving waters. It can be found along small to medium-sized rivers. It is occasionally found at lakes too. In many species of damselflies the males have a blue tip to the abdomen. Enallagma exsulans is one of those less common cases where the female, too, has a blue abdominal tip. Summertime is the best time to look for stream bluets.

Distribution

(Alabama • Arkansas • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • FloridaGeorgiaIowa • Illinois • IndianaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMassachusettsMarylandMaineMichiganMinnesotaMississippi • Nebraska • North CarolinaNew Hampshire • New Jersey • OhioPennsylvania • Rhode Island • South CarolinaTennesseeTexas • Vermont • Wisconsin • West Virginia)

(ManitobaNew BrunswickOntarioQuebec)

Similar species

Stream bluets look similar to turquoise bluets.

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