The arroyo bluet (Enallagma praevarum) is a damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae, native to the western United States, south to southern Mexico. It is associated with slow-flowing streams or lake margins with emergent vegetation.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Arroyo 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 anna
- Enallagma carunculatum
- Africallagma sapphirinum
- Enallagma recurvatum
- Enallagma clausum
- Enallagma minusculum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Odonata
- Family
- Coenagrionidae
- Genus
- Enallagma
- Species
- Enallagma praevarum
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