Familiar Bluet

Class: Hexapoda (animals with six legs - includes all insects)
Order: Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies)
    odon = tooth (Greek)
Suborder: Zygoptera (damselflies)
Family: Coenagrionidae (narrow-winged damsels)
Species: Enallagma civile
Common Name: Familiar Bluet
Date: 2003 September 21
Place: Guadalupe Mountains National Park
    Frijole Ranch

This damselfly was common at Rattlesnake Springs but I had not noticed it in the Park until I saw this male at Frijole Ranch. This picture shows the only individual I encountered in the Park.

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