Azure Bluet Enallagma aspersum (Hagen, 1861)    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Odonata   >   Family Coenagrionidae   >   Genus Enallagma   

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Azure Bluet (Enallagma aspersum) is a distinctively-patterned bluet species which can often be common to abundant at vegetated ponds, especially ones lacking fish. It is a good disperser, and often is one of the first odonate species to colonize new aquatic habitat (Paulson, 2011). This species is common in Maryland, and is widely distributed across the state (Richard Orr's Dragonflies and Damselflies of Maryland and the District of Columbia).

There are 515 records in the project database.

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A male Azure Bluet in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/8/2014). Photo by Richard Orr. (MBP list)

An Azure Bluet in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/6/2015). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)

Breeding Azure Bluets found in a small pond in Wicomico Co., Maryland (7/14/07). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

An Azure Bluet in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/26/2019). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

An Azure Bluet in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/17/2014). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

An Azure Bluet in Harford Co., Maryland (6/13/2018). Photo by Matthew Addicks. (MBP list)

An Azure Bluet in Frederick Co., Maryland (6/12/2015). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)

An Azure Bluet in Somerset Co., Maryland (6/24/2014). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Azure Bluet in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/13/2022). (c) Jim Moore (Maryland), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jim Moore. (MBP list)

An Azure Bluet in Washington Co., Maryland (6/24/2018). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

Azure Bluet in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/30/2020). (c) Sergei Drovetski, all rights reserved. Photo by Sergei Drovetski. (MBP list)

Azure Bluet in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/16/2018). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A female Azure Bluet in Frederick Co., Maryland (5/18/2019). Photo by Jim Moore. (MBP list)

A female Azure Bluet in Prince George's Co., Maryland (4/30/2017). Verified by William Edwards/BugGuide. Photo by Barbara Thurlow. (MBP list)

Azure Bluet in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/16/2018). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Azure Bluet in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/15/2016). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Azure Bluet in Prince George's Co., Maryland (5/28/2022). (c) Sergei Drovetski, all rights reserved. Photo by Sergei Drovetski. (MBP list)

Azure Bluet in Calvert Co., Maryland (4/28/2021). (c) jasoneavery, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jason Avery. (MBP list)

Azure Bluet in Frederick Co., Maryland (6/28/2020). (c) Jim Moore (Maryland), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jim Moore. (MBP list)

Azure Bluet in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Jonathan Irons, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jonathan Irons via iNaturalist. (MBP list)


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