Turquoise Bluet (Enallagma divagans)

Identification: A black type bluet; the male and female have narrow eyespots connected by an occipital bar. The male has S8 & S9 blue and no middle segments have blue rings. The female is unique in having S10 blue, S9 blue except for having two small black triangles or a "w"at the base of this segment and S8 can have varying amounts of blue at the ventral edge of this segment.

Augusta County, Virginia

June 18, 2005

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Female- Goochland County, Virginia
May 6, 2007