Nebraska Dragonflies and Damselflies

Boreal Bluet

Enallagma boreale

Selys, 1875

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Pond Damselflies Coenagrionidae Family
Red Damsel Amphiagrion species Paiute Dancer Argia alberta Blue-fronted Dancer Argia apicalis Emma's Dancer Argia emma Variable Dancer Argia fumipennis Powdered Dancer Argia moesta Aztec Dancer Argia nahuana Springwater Dancer Argia plana Blue-ringed Dancer Argia sedula Blue-tipped Dancer Argia tibialis Vivid Dancer Argia vivida Taiga Bluet Coenagrion resolutum River Bluet Enallagma anna Northern Bluet Enallagma annexum Rainbow Bluet Enallagma antennatum Azure Bluet Enallagma aspersum Double-striped Bluet Enallagma basidens Boreal Bluet Enallagma boreale Tule Bluet Enallagma carunculatum	Familiar Bluet Enallagma civile Alkali Bluet Enallagma clausum Marsh Bluet Enallagma ebrium Stream Bluet Enallagma exsulans Skimming Bluet Enallagma geminatum Hagen's Bluet Enallagma hageni Arroyo Bluet Enallagma praevarum Orange Bluet Enallagma signatum Slender Bluet Enallagma traviatum Vesper Bluet Enallagma vesperum Desert Forktail Ischnura barberi Plains Forktail Ischnura damula Citrine Forktail Ischnura hastata Western Forktail Ischnura perparva Fragile Forktail Ischnura posita Eastern Forktail Ischnura verticalis Sedge Sprite Nehalennia irene	The Boreal Bluet male is more blue than black and looks very much like the Northern Bluet. The abdominal appendages are distinctive, the top ones being shorter than the lower ones. The females are tan, greenish or pale blue. This is a transcontinental species which is rare in Nebraska. All Nebraska records are from Panhandle counties. It is usually found in vegetation at the edge or just back from the edge of a lake or pond.
		Boreal Bluet male
		Size: 28-36 mm (1.1-1.4 in) Habitat: marshy ponds and lakes Great Plains Range: NE, SD, ND, NM, CO, WY, MT, IA, MN Flight season: mid June to early September
		Green indicates accepted county record (specimen or photograph). Yellow indicates sight record only.

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