Tule Bluet
Coenagrionidae Enallagma  carunculatum
Male and Teneral Males
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Notice the small red/brown ball-shaped parasites
 attached to this damselfly's thorax and head
male tule

male
Thorax  and Head
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31

Appendages
First 3 photos are of cold subject so the colors are not true
while in the 4th  photo, subject  is warmer and color is true
001
 007
 9
 appendages

Teneral Male - Still green
June 4, 2006  Mona Lake
teneral Male


Teneral Male at Antelope Island August 07 2006
male


Teneral Male at Antelope Island August 07 2006
teneral

Teneral Male at Antelope Island August 07 2006
teneral male
Photos - ŠNicky Davis

Located June 04, 2006 - Goshen Canyon, Utah County, Utah
Lat  39°53' 36.71" N   Long 111°53'21.35"  W. Elev. 4861 1.  Full View, lateral
2.  Full View, dorsal
3.  Thorax and Head, dorsal
4.  Thorax and Head, lateral
5., 6., 7., 8.  Four photos of  appendages.  The first 3 are of  a cold subject so the colors are not true.  The 4th photo is of the subject  warmed up and represents it's normal colors.

9.  Teneral Male - Still green-June 4, 2006  Mona Lake

10., 11., 12  Teneral Male August 7 2006


 Characteristics
  • Dark, wide stripe on top of thorax
  • Dark stripe on sides of thorax are wider at the front than the back
  • More black than blue on segments 3-8
  • More than half of segment three is black
  • Segments eight and nine are blue on mature male
  • Segments eight and nine aretan on immature male
  • Segments eight and nine are black on female
  • Pale tubercle at the end of the superior appendages-Carunculatum refers to that tubercle
  • Prefer perching  on plants
  • Wings are held at the sides of the abdomen
  • Oviposit in tandem - still waters
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