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Enallagma cyathigerum

Enallagma cyathigerum (common blue damselfly, common bluet, or northern bluet) ...hese damselflies inhabit freshwater bodies whose conditions range, they have been seen in acidic fens as well as eutrophic ponds. They have been considered one of the more sensitive insects in an aquatic setting. They are important within the trophic levels as they are an intermediate predator. They consume smaller larvae and they are preyed on by fish and larvae bigger than them...The males of this species are a cerulean blue color with black markings, while the females have a larger variation in their coloring

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Uploaded on June 23, 2021
Taken on June 22, 2021