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Dragonflies and Damselflies of Alabama

This guide is a reference for identifying all species dragonflies and damselflies reported from Alabama. If you have additions or corrections please send them to jpfriel@ua.edu.

All 180

Azure Bluet ¹
Enallagma aspersum

Double-striped Bluet ²
Enallagma basidens

Purple Bluet ³
Enallagma cardenium

Enallagma civile (Familiar Bluet) ⁴
Enallagma civile

Cherry Bluet ⁵
Enallagma concisum

Attenuated Bluet ⁶
Enallagma daeckii

Sandhill Bluet ⁷
Enallagma davisi

Turquoise Bluet ⁸
Enallagma divagans

Atlantic Bluet ⁹
Enallagma doubledayi

Burgundy Bluet ⁷
Enallagma dubium

Big Bluet ¹⁰
Enallagma durum

Stream Bluet ¹¹
Enallagma exsulans

Skimming Bluet ²
Enallagma geminatum

Pale Bluet ¹²
Enallagma pallidum

Florida Bluet ³
Enallagma pollutum

Orange Bluet ¹³
Enallagma signatum

Golden Bluet ¹²
Enallagma sulcatum

Enallagma traviatum (Slender Bluet) ¹⁴
Enallagma traviatum

Enallagma vesperum (Vesper Bluet) ¹⁵
Enallagma vesperum

Blackwater Bluet ¹⁶
Enallagma weewa

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Dragonflies and Damselflies of Alabama

Azure Bluet 1 Enallagma aspersum

Double-striped Bluet 2 Enallagma basidens

Purple Bluet 3 Enallagma cardenium

Enallagma civile (Familiar Bluet) 4 Enallagma civile

Cherry Bluet 5 Enallagma concisum

Attenuated Bluet 6 Enallagma daeckii

Sandhill Bluet 7 Enallagma davisi

Turquoise Bluet 8 Enallagma divagans

Atlantic Bluet 9 Enallagma doubledayi

Burgundy Bluet 7 Enallagma dubium

Big Bluet 10 Enallagma durum

Stream Bluet 11 Enallagma exsulans

Skimming Bluet 2 Enallagma geminatum

Pale Bluet 12 Enallagma pallidum

Florida Bluet 3 Enallagma pollutum

Orange Bluet 13 Enallagma signatum

Golden Bluet 12 Enallagma sulcatum

Enallagma traviatum (Slender Bluet) 14 Enallagma traviatum

Enallagma vesperum (Vesper Bluet) 15 Enallagma vesperum

Blackwater Bluet 16 Enallagma weewa