Stream Bluet
Enallagma exsulans
Summary 6
The Stream Bluet (Enallagma exsulans) is a species of American bluet damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae. Its length is 29–37 mm. Many bluet species prefer ponds and lakes; the Stream Bluet as its name implies is most at home along moving waters. It can be found along small to medium-sized rivers. It is occasionally found at lakes too. In many species of damselflies the males have a blue tip to the abdomen. Enallagma exsulans is one of...
Range description 7
This species occurs in four provinces in Canada, three states in Mexico and thirty four states in the United States of America.
Habitat and ecology 8
Habitat and Ecology
Species occurs at medium streams to large rivers, slow to moderate current, often with an abundance of water-willow (Justicia americana). Also found at vegetated lake shores in northern part of range. Preferred habitats usually bordered by forest and woodland.
Systems
- Terrestrial
- Freshwater
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