Atlantic Bluet
(Enallagma doubledayi)
DESCRIPTION: Roughly 3 to 4 centimeters in length,
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Attenuated Bluet
(Enallagma daeckii)
DESCRIPTION: lorem ipsum
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Azure Bluet
(scientific name)
DESCRIPTION: lorem ipsum
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Big Bluet
(scientific name)
DESCRIPTION: lorem ipsum
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Blackwater Bluet
(scientific name)
DESCRIPTION: lorem ipsum
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Burgundy Bluet
(scientific name)
DESCRIPTION: lorem ipsum
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Cherry Bluet
(scientific name)
DESCRIPTION: lorem ipsum
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Double-Striped Bluet
(scientific name)
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Familiar Bluet
(scientific name)
DESCRIPTION: lorem ipsum
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Golden Bluet
(scientific name)
DESCRIPTION: lorem ipsum
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Hagen's Bluet
(scientific name)
DESCRIPTION: lorem ipsum
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Little Bluet
(scientific name)
DESCRIPTION: lorem ipsum
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Pale Bluet
(scientific name)
DESCRIPTION: lorem ipsum
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Orange Bluet
(scientific name)
DESCRIPTION: lorem ipsum
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Sandhill Bluet
(scientific name)
DESCRIPTION: lorem ipsum
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Skimming Bluet
(scientific name)
DESCRIPTION: lorem ipsum
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Slender Bluet
(scientific name)
DESCRIPTION: lorem ipsum
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Stream Bluet
(scientific name)
DESCRIPTION: lorem ipsum
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HABITAT: lorem ipsum
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Turquoise Bluet
(scientific name)
DESCRIPTION: lorem ipsum
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HABITAT: lorem ipsum
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Vesper Bluet
(scientific name)
DESCRIPTION: lorem ipsum
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Aurora Damsel
(scientific name)
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COMMENTS: The only damselfly outside of the spreadwing family that keeps its wings spread at rest
Eastern Red Damsel
(scientific name)
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Blue-Fronted Dancer
(scientific name)
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Blue-Ringed Dancer
(scientific name)
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Blue-Tipped Dancer
(scientific name)
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Dusky Dancer
(scientific name)
DESCRIPTION: lorem ipsum
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HABITAT: lorem ipsum
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COMMENTS: lorem ipsum
Powdered Dancer
(scientific name)
DESCRIPTION: lorem ipsum
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HABITAT: lorem ipsum
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Seepage Dancer
(scientific name)
DESCRIPTION: lorem ipsum
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Variable Dancer
(scientific name)
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Duckweed Firetail
(scientific name)
DESCRIPTION: lorem ipsum
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Citrine Forktail
(scientific name)
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Eastern Forktail
(scientific name)
DESCRIPTION: lorem ipsum
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Fragile Forktail
(scientific name)
DESCRIPTION: lorem ipsum
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Furtive Forktail
(scientific name)
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Lilypad Forktail
(scientific name)
DESCRIPTION: lorem ipsum
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HABITAT: lorem ipsum
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COMMENTS: lorem ipsum
Rambur's Forktail
(scientific name)
DESCRIPTION: lorem ipsum
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HABITAT: lorem ipsum
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COMMENTS: lorem ipsum
Appalachian Jewelwing
(Calopteryx angustipennis)
DESCRIPTION: 2 - 2.6 inches long, large for a damselfly. Metallic green body, black legs and clear to amber-colored wings with green veins along the leading edge. Distinguishable from other jewelwings by the lack of dark coloration on the wings. Females are less brightly colored than males, with pale brown patches on the thorax and a large dull tip at the end of the abdomen.
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HABITAT: Cold, fast-flowing rivers and large streams
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Ebony Jewelwing
(Calopteryx maculata)
DESCRIPTION: 1.4 - 2.2 inches long. Metallic blue-green body and black legs. Males have all-black wings, females have dark dusky wings with white spots (stigma). Female wing tips may be darker than the rest of the wing, but not as obviously distinct as in the Sparkling Jewelwing.
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HABITAT: Can be found in large groups at almost any flowing water habitat
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Sparkling Jewelwing
(Calopteryx dimidiata)
DESCRIPTION: 1.4 - 2 inches long. Metallic green body and clear to amber wings with black tips, and white spots (stigma) in females.
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HABITAT: Small fast-flowing streams with sandy bottoms. Favors locations with freshwater eelgrass.
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COMMENTS: Tend to perch facing upstream
Superb Jewelwing
(scientific name)
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American Rubyspot
(scientific name)
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Smoky Rubyspot
(scientific name)
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Amber-Winged Spreadwing
(Lestes eurinus)
DESCRIPTION: lorem ipsum
RANGE: Present uncommonly in the mountains and rarely in the Piedmont
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Carolina Spreadwing
(Lestes vidua)
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RANGE: Present only in the southern coastal plain
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Elegant Spreadwing
(Lestes inaequalis)
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RANGE: Found uncommonly throughout the coastal plain and eastern to central piedmont, very rare in the southern mountains, and absent or very rare in the northern mountains and western piedmont
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Great Spreadwing
(Archilestes grandis)
DESCRIPTION: Roughly two and a half inches long, coppery green in color with a pale blue tail tip. The thorax has one light line on either side, which becomes yellow in older males.
RANGE: Present though rare in the mountains and piedmont, absent in the coastal plain region
HABITAT: Slow-moving streams
SEASON: Early August to Late September in the mountains, late June to late November in the piedmont
COMMENTS: Largest damselfly native to North America!
Slender Spreadwing
(Lestes rectangularis)
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RANGE: Common in the mountains and piedmont, uncommon in the western and central coastal plain, absent in the southern coastal plain
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Southern Spreadwing
(Lestes australis)
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RANGE: Present and common statewide, rarer in the furthest southwest counties of the state
HABITAT: Ponds or small lakes with lots of vegetation
SEASON: Early March through mid-December in the coastal plain and piedmont, late April through late September in the mountains
COMMENTS: One of very few damselflies in North Carolina whose flight period extends through the winter
Spotted Spreadwing
(Lestes congener)
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RANGE: Present in the Northwestern mountains only, and rarely
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Swamp Spreadwing
(Lestes vigilax)
DESCRIPTION: lorem ipsum
RANGE: Common in the mountains and coastal plain, uncommon in the piedmont
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Sweetflag Spreadwing
(Lestes forcipatus)
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RANGE: Rare but present in the Northern mountains and Northern piedmont area, absent in the rest of the state.
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COMMENTS: Possibly more common than recorded, as it closely resembles other spreadwing species
Southern Sprite
(scientific name)
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Sphagnum Sprite
(scientific name)
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