Kebnat
INSECTS

Azure Bluet

Enallagma aspersum

Insects
Native
Azure Bluet, photo 1 of 5
Azure Bluet, Male
Azure Bluet, Female
30.5 mmLength

Dragonfly or damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae 30.5 mm long. Lives near water. Feeds on insects.

There are 145 observations of Azure Bluet in Québec, mostly in Mauricie, Estrie and Montérégie, and it has been reported in 10 of the 17 regions. They peak in July and August and become rare from October to May.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Mauricie52
  2. Estrie32
  3. Montérégie18
  4. Lanaudière12
  5. Chaudière-Appalaches11
  6. Capitale-Nationale11
  7. Montréal4
  8. Laurentides2
  9. Outaouais2
  10. Abitibi-Témiscamingue1

Habitat

Water’s edgeGogerr

Similar species

Skimming BluetEnallagma geminatum
Slender BluetEnallagma traviatum
Familiar BluetEnallagma civile
Blue-fronted DancerArgia apicalis
Stream BluetEnallagma exsulans
Eastern ForktailIschnura verticalis
Blue DasherPachydiplax longipennis
Fragile ForktailIschnura posita
Orange BluetEnallagma signatum
Aurora DamselChromagrion conditum
Tule BluetEnallagma carunculatum
Ebony JewelwingCalopteryx maculata