Familiar Bluet in Mating Wheel  
Coenagrionidae  Enallagma  civile
Male
Male and Female
and Teneral Male

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Male at Silver Lake, 1 July 2015
male


Male and Female in mating wheel (heart shaped)
mating wheel


wheel


Teneral Male
Draper, Utah 10-10-2005
teneral male

Photos -  © Nicky Davis

1.  Male at Silver Lake, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah
2., 3. Male and female in wheel - August 29, 2005, Silver Lake, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah
4. Teneral Male October 10, 2005, Draper, Utah

Characteristics
  • 1 to 1.5 inches long
  •  male there is more blue than black
  •  female more tan than black
  •  small eyespots are comma shaped
  • dark stripe down the middle of the thorax and one on each side
  • Top appendages longer than lower ones

Pronunciation
see-nag-ree-on-id-ee  enn-al-lag-ma

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