Stream bluet
Species of damselfly
title: "Stream bluet" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["coenagrionidae", "odonata-of-north-america", "insects-of-canada", "insects-of-the-united-states", "fauna-of-the-eastern-united-states", "insects-described-in-1861", "taxa-named-by-hermann-august-hagen"] description: "Species of damselfly" topic_path: "geography/canada" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stream_bluet" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Species of damselfly ::
| image = Stream Bluet Enallagma exulsans 2009-05-02.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = | taxon = Enallagma exsulans | authority = (Hagen, 1861) | range_map = Enallagma exsulans map.svg
The stream bluet (Enallagma exsulans) is a species of American bluet damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae. Its length is 29–37 mm. Many bluet species prefer ponds and lakes; the stream bluet as its name implies is most at home along moving waters. It can be found along small to medium-sized rivers. It is occasionally found at lakes too. In many species of damselflies the males have a blue tip to the abdomen. Enallagma exsulans is one of those less common cases where the female, too, has a blue abdominal tip. Summertime is the best time to look for stream bluets.
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Distribution
- United States: (Alabama • Arkansas • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Iowa • Illinois • Indiana • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Massachusetts • Maryland • Maine • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Nebraska • North Carolina • New Hampshire • New Jersey • Ohio • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • Tennessee • Texas • Vermont • Wisconsin • West Virginia)
- Canada: (Manitoba • New Brunswick • Ontario • Quebec)
Similar species
Stream bluets look similar to turquoise bluets.
References
- Enallagma exsulans (Stream Bluet)
- NHL Stream Bluet
- Lam, E. (2004). Damselflies of the Northeast. Forest Hills, NY:Biodiversity Books. p. 64.
- DuBois, Bob (2005). Damselflies of the North Woods. Duluth, MN: Kollath-Stensaas Publ. p. 88-89.
References
- Paulson, D. R.. (2017). "''Enallagma exsulans''".
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