Nebraska Dragonflies and Damselflies

Taiga Bluet

Coenagrion resolutum

Hagen in Selys, 1876

The Taiga Bluet is our only representative of the Coenagrion genus. The male resembles many Enallagma males but has a thorax with a greenish tinge. The second abdominal segment has a black U-shaped mark on top, segments 6 and 7 are mostly black or bronze, and segments 8-10 are blue. The females may be pale blue or greenish.

It is a northern species and northern Nebraska is at the southern edge of its range. It is considered accidental in the state. The only record is a male collected in Cherry County 15 miles east of Valentine. It is found in sedge marshes and is easily overlooked as it looks like a member of the Enallagma genus.

Green indicates accepted county record (specimen or photograph).
Yellow indicates sight record only.