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Azure Bluet - Enallagma aspersum



Flight Season

Early Date: May 16    Late Date: October 4
Rare Abundance Scale Abundant
FLIGHT SEASON
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Description

Common to uncommon damselfly in wetlands and pools in approximately the southeastern half of the state. Note the extensive amount of blue at the tail. Most other bluets have the blue restricted to segments 9 and 10.

Size

Although some species show a bit of variation in size, the following graphic will give you a general feeling for the normal size of this species.

State Status:  S5      Global Status:  G5


Geographic Distribution - 57 Counties

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Recorded in These Counties
Adair Adams Allamakee Appanoose Benton
Black Hawk Boone Buchanan Carroll Cass
Cedar Cherokee Clarke Clinton Dallas
Davis Decatur Delaware Des Moines Dubuque
Fayette Floyd Fremont Greene Guthrie
Hancock Hardin Ida Iowa Jackson
Jasper Jefferson Johnson Jones Lee
Linn Louisa Lucas Mahaska Marion
Monroe Montgomery Muscatine O'Brien Polk
Ringgold Sac Scott Story Taylor
Union Van Buren Wapello Warren Washington
Wayne Webster