Kebnat
INSECTS

Familiar Bluet

Enallagma civile

Insects
Native
Familiar Bluet, Male
Familiar Bluet, Female
Familiar Bluet, Male
33.5 mmLength

Dragonfly or damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae 33.5 mm long. Lives in marshes and near water. Feeds on animal prey. Its aquatic larva feeds on animal prey.

There are 154 observations of Familiar Bluet in Québec, mostly in Estrie, Montréal and Montérégie, and it has been reported in 15 of the 17 regions. They peak in July and August and become rare from November to May.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Estrie43
  2. Montréal24
  3. Montérégie18
  4. Mauricie16
  5. Chaudière-Appalaches11
  6. Capitale-Nationale11
  7. Bas-Saint-Laurent9
  8. Laurentides8
  9. Outaouais6
  10. Centre-du-Québec2
  11. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean2
  12. Nord-du-Québec1
  13. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine1
  14. Laval1
  15. Lanaudière1

Habitat

MarshAlexander Rumpel
Water’s edgeGogerr

Similar species

Tule BluetEnallagma carunculatum
Marsh BluetEnallagma ebrium
Eastern ForktailIschnura verticalis
Hagen's BluetEnallagma hageni
Azure BluetEnallagma aspersum
Fragile ForktailIschnura posita
Northern BluetEnallagma annexum
River BluetEnallagma anna
Eastern PondhawkErythemis simplicicollis
Variable DancerArgia fumipennis
Stream BluetEnallagma exsulans
Boreal BluetEnallagma boreale