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  Vesper Bluet
            Enallagma vesperum Calvert, 1919

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Range & Habitat:

The apparent distribution pattern may be more a function of the observers than the critter, especially given this one's crepuscular habits.

 Vesper Bluet male dorsal 

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Description:

A yellow bluet with a blue tip to the abdomen which sets it apart from Scarlet and Orange Bluets.  Females range from pale yellow to green and show a prominent occiptal bar

 

Conservation Status:

State: S4 - Apparently secure in New Jersey

Global: G5 - Secure globally, but possibly rare in parts of its range

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Flight season:

Early Date: 5/4
Late Date: 9/22

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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