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  Attenuated Bluet
            Enallagma daeckii (Calvert, 1903)

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Range & Habitat:

Recorded primarily from the Pine Barrens, where it inhabits sandy ponds and seeps.

 Attenuated Bluet male lateral 

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Description:

A long, slender bluet;the mostly black abdomen has a rather long blue tip.  The black thoracic stripes are reduced or absent.  Postocular spots are large and rounded-triangular but blend in with the blue head and eyes.  Compare to the smaller Slender Bluet which is usually found on ponds and lakes as well as the riverine Stream Bluet and Turquoise Bluet.

 

Conservation Status:

State: S3S4 - Apparently secure but should be watched

Global: G4 - Apparently secure globally

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Flight season:

Early Date: 6/2
Late Date: 8/10

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Flight Season
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Number of Records
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Date, distribution, and status data courtesy of Allen Barlow, NJOS
© 2006 Jim Bangma, NJOS  Comments or suggestions?  Use the Feedback Form