Kebnat
INSECTS

Tule Bluet

Enallagma carunculatum

Insects
Native
Tule Bluet, photo 1 of 5
Tule Bluet, Male
Tule Bluet, photo 3 of 5
31.5 mmLength

Dragonfly or damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae 31.5 mm long. Lives in marshes and near water. Feeds on insects. Its aquatic larva feeds on animal prey.

There are 203 observations of Tule Bluet in Québec, mostly in Estrie, Montérégie and Mauricie, and it has been reported in 15 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. Estrie36
  2. Montérégie32
  3. Mauricie26
  4. Capitale-Nationale21
  5. Montréal19
  6. Outaouais18
  7. Chaudière-Appalaches14
  8. Abitibi-Témiscamingue14
  9. Laurentides9
  10. Centre-du-Québec4
  11. Bas-Saint-Laurent4
  12. Lanaudière2
  13. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean2
  14. Nord-du-Québec1
  15. Laval1

Habitat

MarshVyacheslav Argenberg
Water’s edgepeupleloup

Similar species

Familiar BluetEnallagma civile
Northern BluetEnallagma annexum
Boreal BluetEnallagma boreale
Marsh BluetEnallagma ebrium
Hagen's BluetEnallagma hageni
River BluetEnallagma anna
Taiga BluetCoenagrion resolutum
Alkali BluetEnallagma clausum
Skimming BluetEnallagma geminatum
Stream BluetEnallagma exsulans
Azure BluetEnallagma aspersum
Eastern ForktailIschnura verticalis