Enallagma cardenium, the purple bluet, is a species of narrow-winged damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in the Caribbean and North America.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Purple Bluet being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Enallagma novaehispaniae
- Enallagma coecum
- Pseudagrion salisburyense
- Pseudagrion syriacum
- Paracercion calamorum
- Pseudagrion commoniae
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Odonata
- Family
- Coenagrionidae
- Genus
- Enallagma
- Species
- Enallagma cardenium
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