Vesper Bluet (Enallagma vesperum)

Identification: The male has yellow thorax with dark thin shoulder stripe, the abdomen is dark dorsally except for segment 9 which is completely blue.

 

Photographs below are of male from Chesterfield County, Virginia on May 22, 2009

copyright Allen Bryan 2009, Vesper Bluet
copyright Allen Bryan 2009; Vesper Bluet