Vesper Bluet
Enallagma vesperum Calvert, 1919
Vesper Bluet: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/67
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S3 (Watch list)

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The Vesper Bluet (Enallagma vesperum) is a pale, elongate damselfly whose common and scientific names reference late evening vesper prayers, referring to its frequent crepuscular activity. This species is found at ponds and lakes with vegetation nearby. Vesper Bluets often perch on aquatic vegetation, like water lilies, especially in late evening to twilight (Paulson, 2011). This bluet is considered uncommon but widespread in Maryland (Richard Orr's Dragonflies and Damselflies of Maryland and the District of Columbia). Vesper Bluet can sometimes be overlooked due to its preferred time of day to visit the breeding habitat. It is ranked as S3 (watch list).

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Enallagma vesperum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Enallagma
Species:
E. vesperum
Binomial name
Enallagma vesperum
Calvert, 1919

Enallagma vesperum, the vesper bluet, is a species of narrow-winged damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae.[1][2][3][4][5] It is found in southern Canada and central and eastern United States.[1]

The IUCN conservation status of Enallagma vesperum is "least concern", with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable.[1][6]

male and female

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Paulson, D.R. (2017). "Enallagma vesperum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T51357991A65836754. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T51357991A65836754.en. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Enallagma vesperum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  3. ^ "Enallagma vesperum species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  4. ^ "Enallagma vesperum". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  5. ^ "Enallagma vesperum Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  6. ^ "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2018-04-26.

Further reading

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  • Kalkman, V. J. (2013). Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae (PhD). Leiden University. hdl:1887/22953.


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