Double-striped Bluet (Enallagma basidens)

Identification: Female- Note the cleanly divided shoulder stripe; segement 10 is pale and segement 9 has unique "double triangular" pattern.

Male- similar divided shoulder stripe, segments S8 & S9 blue. Both male and female have pale middorsal carina.

Teneral female- City of Richmond, Virginia May 1, 2005

The two (2) photographs below were taken in Shenandoah County, Virginia on June 7, 2008.