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"Black-type" Bluet – the male's abdomens are predominantly black when viewed from above.
This damselfly has small eyespots and as a rule lacks an occipital bar.
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Flight season: late June to early September.
Population: common, the greatest numbers occur along the marshy vegetated north shore of Stoco Lake,
but often encountered foraging a fair distance from water.
Length: about 25 mm, a small damselfly.
Both sexes have a wavy blue line on S2 (resembling a distorted letter "S" – as in "skimming").
The male's S8 and S9 are blue, the female has paired blue spots (sometimes fused) on S8.
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Tweed, Ontario, the Tweed Heritage Center Gardens:
gardens supporting lawns, cultivated flowers and shrubs.
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Male Skimming Bluet (Enallagma geminatum)
August 02, 2009
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East of Tweed, Ontario, near the old railroad (trans-Canada Trail) bridge over the Moira River:
rock-bottomed river, fast current, shrubs and trees along the shoreline.
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Male Skimming Bluet (Enallagma geminatum)
July 18, 2014
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Tweed, Ontario, a garden located at 417 Metcalf Street:
residential area, lawn with flower and vegetable gardens, a significant distance from water.
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Female Skimming Bluet (Enallagma geminatum)
August 03, 2009
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Tweed, Ontario, the north shore Stoco Lake, east of the boat pier:
marshy shoreline, relatively shallow water with mud bottom supporting sedges and rushes, pondweeds, Fragrant Water Lily, Blue Flag, Sagittaria spp and Pickerelweed.
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An immature female Skimming Bluet (Enallagma geminatum), its colors are still pale and
more a shade of lilac rather than the blue of a mature adult (June 29, 2014).
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Skimming Bluet (Enallagma geminatum), tandem
August 29, 2014
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