familiar bluet |
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Enallagma civile |
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| Order | Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies) |
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| Suborder | Zygoptera (Damselflies) |
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| Superfamily | Coenagrionoidea |
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| Family | Coenagrionidae (Narrow-winged Damselflies) |
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| Status | The most common damselfly |
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| Flight/Season | Early June to early October |
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| Habitat | Permanent or temporary ponds and lakes, slow streams. |
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| Identification | The blue shoulder stripe is wider than the adjacent dark stripe. The male is mostly blue on thorax segments 2 through 5. The female is mostly black on those segments. |
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| Range | Throughout |
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| Common Names |
familiar bluet |
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