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Northern Bluet smiles for a portrait Same dragonfly as below, but facing the camera for a look at it&#039;s face: <br /> <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/42432/blue_dragonfly_on_the_shore_of_lac_mcgregor_quebec.html" title="Blue Dragonfly on the shore of Lac McGregor, Quebec"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/1608/42432_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=Kjd32216d9Gpum8pzFrTr5Q4X30%3D" width="200" height="142" alt="Blue Dragonfly on the shore of Lac McGregor, Quebec Many of them were hovering in the plants by the lakeshore. <br /> Canada,Enallagma annexum,Geotagged,Northern bluet,Summer" /></a></figure> Canada,Enallagma annexum,Geotagged,Northern bluet,Summer Click/tap to enlarge

Northern Bluet smiles for a portrait

Same dragonfly as below, but facing the camera for a look at it's face:

Blue Dragonfly on the shore of Lac McGregor, Quebec Many of them were hovering in the plants by the lakeshore. <br /> Canada,Enallagma annexum,Geotagged,Northern bluet,Summer

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
    Lion
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    Another (not so) nice touch: it seems to be infected with mites. Posted 9 years ago
    1. View jerclarke's profile
      jerclarke
      Giant Tortoise
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      Oh damn! You think that's the red dots eh? I thought of them when doing ID because there was no red on any of the photos I found. Mites is a good/sad guess.
      Blue Dragonfly on the shore of Lac McGregor, Quebec Many of them were hovering in the plants by the lakeshore. <br /> Canada,Enallagma annexum,Geotagged,Northern bluet,Summer
       Posted 9 years ago
      1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
        Ferdy Christant
        Lion
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        Yes, it is fairly common, another example:
        Red-Velvet mite nymphs parasitizing a scorpionfly female. University Campus Kortowo-Olsztyn, Poland (July, 2011).<br /> This scorpionfly suffers from an infestation of Red-Velvet mite nymphs, as tentative ID Trombidium rowmundi.<br /> Common scorpionfly,Geotagged,Panorpa communis,Poland,Summer,Trombidium rowmundi
         Posted 9 years ago

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The Northern bluet

"Enallagma annexum", the northern bluet, is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. "Enallagma annexum" was formerly included with "Enallagma cyathigerum".

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Similar species: Dragonflies And Damselflies
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By jerclarke

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Uploaded Aug 4, 2016. Captured Aug 2, 2016 17:10 in 649-669 Chemin Sauvé, Val-des-Monts, QC J8N 5B3, Canada.
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  • f/14.0
  • 1/180s
  • ISO640
  • 71.1mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.