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familiar bluet |
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Enallagma civile |
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| Taxonomy | 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 | Common |
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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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Sources: 7, 18. | |||||
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| Common Names |
familiar bluet |
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