Tule  Bluet, female -  Coenagrionidae   Enallagma   carunculatum
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Located at Goshen Canyon, Utah County, Utah - May 12, 2006
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female Tule Bluet

Thorax

appendages



Located at James Walter Fitzgerald WMA, Tooele County, Utah - September 18, 2005

Female Tule Bluet




Located at Antelope Island, Davis County, Utah - August 14, 2005






Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis

1., 2., 3.  Female, May 12, 2006 - Goshen Canyon, Utah County, Utah - Canon 20D 100 mm lens,  1/250, ISO 200, F16, Flash 0
4., 5., 6.  Female, September 18, 2005, James Walter Fitzgerald WMA, Tooele County, Utah 
7.  Female, August 14, 2005, Antelope Island, Davis County, Utah
 
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

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

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