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Familiar Bluet

Enallagma civile

Photo by joanbstanley
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Description:

The male is mostly sky blue, with two blue, tear-shaped eyespots on the top of the dark head. The abdomen is predominately blue, with small black areas of similar size and shape on segments 3 to 5. The females may be blue or brown.

Habitat:

Hovering over trickle trough in greenbelt.

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