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Vesper Bluet
Enallagma vesperum
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Orange BluetEnallagma signatum
Stream BluetEnallagma exsulans
Eastern ForktailIschnura verticalis
Fragile ForktailIschnura posita
Blue-fronted DancerArgia apicalis
Florida BluetEnallagma pollutum
Familiar BluetEnallagma civile
Sedge SpriteNehalennia irene
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 5,047 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 1,675 |
| Ontario | 1,379 |
| Ohio | 1,062 |
| New York | 456 |
| Michigan | 414 |
| Texas | 380 |
| New Jersey | 302 |
| Quebec | 236 |
| Maryland | 211 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Dragonflies and Damselflies · Odonata |
| Family | Narrow-winged Damselflies · Coenagrionidae |
| Genus | Bluets · Enallagma |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Vesper Bluet with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.