Big Bluet (Enallagma durum)
Identification: A large bluet with both the male and female having the black shoulder stripe sub-divided with a blue mid-dorsal carina. The blue eyespots are small and elongated teardrop shaped connected by thin occipital bar. The male has arrow shaped black marking pointing toward the head on its' abdomen and the terminal appendages are relatively. The adult female can be blue or olive brown colored with all of the dorsal view of the abdomen being black with very small blue or olive bands at the anterior end of the segments.
Mated pair- King William County, Virginia |
A different mated pair- King
William County, Virginia |
Teneral male- King and Queen
County, Virginia |
Mated pair- King William County, Virginia |
Male- King William County, Virginia Note the dark thorax with almost absent blue shoulder stripe of this individual. The mid-dorsal carina is still blue. |