CLOSED: Anyone ever see a blue "dragonfly"?

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MySharona Amelia Island, FL(Zone 9a) Jul 30, 2006

Is it a dragonfly?

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Jul 31, 2006

Definitely blue ones. I can't see the rest of it, there are a lot of them and you need to see the wings as well.

http://www.tolweb.org/Odonata

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hill5422 Stephenville, TX(Zone 8a) Jul 31, 2006

It is a damselfly, but don't know which one. Maybe my DH will see this post and ID it for you. I'll mark the thread to watch.

Kenya

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Larkie Camilla, GA(Zone 8a) Jul 31, 2006

We have all colors here, especially down around the pond.

Larkie

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azreno Mesa, AZ(Zone 9b) Jul 31, 2006

Yep, we have all manner of colors shapes and sizes of the dragons and damsels here, too.

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Todd_Boland St. John's, NL(Zone 5b) Jul 31, 2006

I'd say a species from the genus Enallagma...commonly called Bluets.

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MySharona Amelia Island, FL(Zone 9a) Jul 31, 2006

That's amazing, thank you for all the info! It's the first time I've ever seen one. So pretty!

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plantnutz Austell, GA(Zone 7a) Aug 01, 2006

I saw one in my yard and had to research it - one site called it a common damselfly - I thought - how can something so vivid be called common.
Brenda

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Veshengo Faversham, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Aug 01, 2006

We have a lot of them here also.

To tell dragonflys and damselflys appart is easy

Dragonflys cannot close their wings but if you look at you picture the damselfly can

Steve

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jenbrink Cincinnati, OH(Zone 6a) Aug 01, 2006

This kinda looks like your little guy:

http://www.earthlife.net/insects/images/odonata/coenagrion2.jpg

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bolino Toledo, OH(Zone 6a) Aug 01, 2006

We called them darning needle flys when I was a kid.

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