Nebraska Dragonflies and Damselflies

Marsh Bluet

Enallagma ebrium

Hagen, 1861

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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 Marsh Bluet is a fairly small blue and black damsel with small eyespots. The abdomen is predominately blue, with small, equal-sized areas of black on segments 3 to 5. The upper abdominal appendages are forked. This is a northern transcontinental species extending south to northernNebraska. It is recorded from 5 northern counties and is rare in all ofthem. It is found in small marshy ponds.
		Marsh Bluet male
		Size: 25-34 mm (1.0-1.3 in) Habitat: marshes and ponds Great Plains Range: NE, SD, ND, WY, MT, IA, MN Flight season: late June to mid July
		Green indicates accepted county record (specimen or photograph). Yellow indicates sight record only.

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