Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)

Elk Grove, IL
2012-06-15
The Familiar Bluet is a damselfly of the Coenagrionidae family. The abdomen of the male is alternating brilliant blue and black. Its thorax is lined with median, humeral, and lateral stripes.
Other Coenagrionidae species:
Autumn Meadowhawk• Black Darter• Black Saddlebags• Blue Dasher• Carolina Saddlebags• Common Green Darner• Common Whitetail• Eastern Amberwing• Eastern Forktail• Eastern Pondhawk• Eastern Ringtail• Familiar Bluet• Four-Spotted Pennant• Great Blue Skimmer• Halloween Pennant• Ruby Meadowhawk• Scarlet Skimmer• Seaside Dragonlet• Swamp Darner• Twelve-Spotted Skimmer• Widow Skimmer