Nebraska Dragonflies and Damselflies |
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Double-striped Bluet |
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Enallagma basidens |
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county record: Record Form |
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The black and blue Double-striped Bluet is a fairly easy species to identify by virtue of its small size and doubled shoulder stripes. Females may be pale blue, green or tan. Females also have a distinctive black M-shaped mark on the top of abdominal segment 9. |
Double-striped Bluet |
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Size: 21-28 mm (0.8-1.1 in) Habitat: ponds and lakes with sparse emergent vegetation Great Plains Range: TX, OK, KS, NE, NM, CO, MO, IA Flight season: May to September |
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Blue indicates record in Beckemeyer database. |
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