Familiar Bluet
Order: Odonata
- Suborder: Zygoptera (Damselfly)
- - Family: Pond Damsels: American Bluets
- - - Genus: Enallagma
- - - - Species: civile
Distribution Map by counties from Southwestdragonflies.net
Identification Tips
Familiar Bluet, Male, Walker Creek, Apache, AZ, 25 July 2011
Species to compare (enter common name)
Familiar Bluet, Male, Historic Canoa Ranch, Pima, AZ, 30 May 2020
Familiar Bluet, Male, Christopher Columbus Park, Tucson, Pima, AZ, 16 July 2022
Familiar Bluet, Male, Queen Valley, Pinal, AZ, 23 December 2021
Familiar Bluet, Male, Queen Valley, Pinal, AZ, 10 April 2022
Familiar Bluet, Male, Agua Fria River, Black Canyon City, Yavapai, AZ, 14 November 2021
Familiar Bluet, Immature male, Rio Salado Wetlands, Maricopa, AZ, 1 April 2012
Familiar Bluet, Teneral male, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 16 February 2010
Familiar Bluet, Male appendages (lateral view), Veterans Oasis Park, Chandler, Maricopa, AZ, 4 June 2017
Familiar Bluet, Female, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 10 November 2021
Familiar Bluet, Female, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 8 July 2020
Familiar Bluet, Blue female, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 15 June 2014
Familiar Bluet, Female, Papago Park, Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ, 21 June 2019
Familiar Bluet, Blue female, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 10 November 2011
Familiar Bluet, Pair in tandem, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 19 April 2021
Familiar Bluet, Pair "in tandem", Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 11 May 2008
Familiar Bluet, Pair in tandem, Queen Valley, Pinal, AZ, 1 March 2020
Familiar Bluet, Pair in tandem, Roper Lake, Graham, AZ, 29 August 2008
Familiar Bluet, Pair in wheel, Queen Valley, Pinal, AZ, 14 October 2022
Familiar Bluet, Pair in tandem, Brown female ovipositing, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 12 January 2008
Familiar Bluet, Pair in tandem with female ovipositing, Parker Canyon Lake, Cochise, AZ, 31 August 2014. Note the dark blue color of the thorax, contrasting with the color of the abdomen, and the almost black eyes of the male. These features are quite unusual for this species.
Comparison: Arroyo vs Familiar vs Tule Bluets
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Arroyo BluetEnallagma praevarum -
Familiar BluetEnallagma civile -
Tule BluetEnallagma carunculatum
Comparison: Boreal vs Familiar vs Northern Bluet (male)
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Boreal BluetEnallagma boreale -
Familiar BluetEnallagma civile
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Northern BluetEnallagma annexum