Alkali
Bluet
Enallagma clausum
Male
Home Dragonflies
Details Utah
Distribution
Map
Male,
Goshen Canyon - June 04, 2006
Face
Lateral View
Thorax
Photo Details - ©Nicky
Davis
July 02, 2006 - Great Salt Lake Marina, Salt
Lake County, Utah
40º 44' 32.70"
North - 112 º
11' 01.43" West
Elevation 4213 feet
1. Face
2., 3., 4. Full View from different
angles
5., 6., 7. Close-up photos of head and
thorax from different angles
8. Close-up photo of appendages
and the structures under
the 9th segment, called valvules, which
surround the male's external genital opening.
The valvules are where the sperm come out that
are transferred to the genitalia on the second
segment by the male before he mates with a
female.
9., 10. Close-up photos of appendages from
different angles
Characteristics
- Thin, undivided side
stripe with jag near the front
- Eye spots are large,
blue
- Lower appendage longer
than upper
- More black on abdomen
than cyathigerum or boreale
- Third segment more
blue than black
- Lands on vegetation
- Wings held at the
sides of the abdomen
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