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

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Stream Bluet (Enallagma exsulans) is an abundant and widespread, dark-colored bluet of creeks and rivers. This damselfly can be very numerous in good habitat (Lam, 2004). Stream Bluet is abundant in most of Maryland, and has been recorded from most counties (Richard Orr's Dragonflies and Damselflies of Maryland and the District of Columbia).

There are 309 records in the project database.

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A Stream Bluet in Howard Co., Maryland (6/26/2014). Photo by Richard Orr. (MBP list)

A Stream Bluet in Washington Co., Maryland (9/8/2012). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)

A Stream Bluet in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/7/2014). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

Male and female Stream Bluets in Howard Co., Maryland (7/13/2020). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

A male Stream Bluet in Howard Co., Maryland (6/16/2014). Photo by Richard Orr. (MBP list)

A male Stream Bluet in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/17/2012). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Stream Bluet in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/12/2015). Photo by Lisa Shannon. (MBP list)

A male Stream Bluet in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/13/2020). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

A female Stream Bluet in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/8/2012). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Stream Bluet in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Kyle Klotz, all rights reserved. Photo by Kyle Klotz. (MBP list)

Stream Bluet in Prince George's Co., Maryland (5/24/2023). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

Stream Bluets in wheel in Washington Co., Maryland (10/3/2012). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)

Stream Bluets in tandom in Baltimore City, Maryland (7/27/2006). Photo by Thomas Wilson. (MBP list)

Stream Bluet in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/20/2023). (c) maddicks13, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by maddicks13 via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Stream Bluet in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/31/2022). (c) Rin Wolfe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA). Photo by rinwolfe via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Stream Bluet in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/26/2020). (c) Dave Roberts, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Dave Roberts. (MBP list)

Stream Bluet in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/13/2021). (c) Stella Tea, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Stella Tea via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Stream Bluet in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/9/2021). (c) Dave Roberts, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Dave Roberts. (MBP list)

Stream Bluets mating in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (6/23/2023). (c) Jonathan Irons, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jonathan Irons via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Stream Bluet in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (6/22/2020). (c) pcowartrickmanphoto, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Pamela Cowart-Rickman. (MBP list)

Stream Bluet in Cecil Co., Maryland (7/11/2023). (c) Jonathan Irons, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jonathan Irons via iNaturalist. (MBP list)


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