Enallagma pictum

Scarlet bluet
Male, Cranberry Lake, New Brunswick
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Enallagma
Species: E. pictum
Binomial name
Enallagma pictum
Morse, 1895

Enallagma pictum, the scarlet bluet, is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. They are found from New Brunswick, Canada to Maryland.[1][2][3]

Identification

The scarlet bluet is a damselfly with a length of 29.5–30.5 mm (1.16–1.20 in) long. The male is predominately red and black while the female is light green and black.[4]

Flight season

Scarlet bluets have a flight season of mid May to September depending on range.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Odonata Central, NB record
  2. ↑ CBC News, NB, Canada: Scarlet bluet damselfly: possible first Canadian sighting in Charlotte Co.
  3. ↑ iNaturalist Scarlet Bluet New Brunswick observation record
  4. 1 2 Lam, E. (2004) Damselflies of the Northeast. Forest Hills, NY:Biodiversity Books, p. 54
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