Nebraska Dragonflies and Damselflies

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Northern Bluet

Enallagma cyathigerum

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Pond Damselflies Coenagrionidae Family
Red Damsel Amphiagrion species Paiute Dancer Argia alberta Blue-fronted Dancer Argia apicalis Emma's Dancer Argia emma Variable Dancer Argia fumipennis violacea Powdered Dancer Argia moesta Aztec Dancer Argia nahuana Springwater Dancer Argia plana Blue-ringed Dancer Argia sedula Blue-tipped Dancer Argia tibialis Vivid Dancer Argia vivida Taiga Bluet Coenagrion resolutum River Bluet Enallagma anna Rainbow Bluet Enallagma antennatum Azure Bluet Enallagma aspersum Double-striped Bluet Enallagma basidens Boreal Bluet Enallagma boreale Tule Bluet Enallagma carunculatum To report a new county record: Record Form	Familiar Bluet Enallagma civile Alkali Bluet Enallagma clausum Northern Bluet Enallagma cyathigerum Marsh Bluet Enallagma ebrium Stream Bluet Enallagma exsulans Skimming Bluet Enallagma geminatum Hagen's Bluet Enallagma hageni Arroyo Bluet Enallagma praevarum Orange Bluet Enallagma signatum Slender Bluet Enallagma traviatum westfalli Vesper Bluet Enallagma vesperum Desert Forktail Ischnura barberi Pacific Forktail Ischnura cervula Plains Forktail Ischnura damula Citrine Forktail Ischnura hastata Western Forktail Ischnura perparva Fragile Forktail Ischnura posita Eastern Forktail Ischnura verticalis Sedge Sprite Nehalennia irene	The Northern Bluet has a wide black stripe on the top of the thorax and thinner black shoulder stripes. The abdomen is mostly blue, with broad black rings on the middle segments. The eyespots are large, and there is a flattened black mark on the top of segment 2. The female is paler and may be blue or tan. Very similar to Boreal Bluet.
		Northern Bluet
		Size: 29-40 mm (1.1-1.6 in) Habitat: marshes, ponds, lake and slow streams Great Plains Range: NE, SD, ND, NM, CO, WY, MT, IA Flight season: May to August
		Blue indicates record in Beckemeyer database. Green indicates record in Sibley database. Yellow indicates sight or photographic record.

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