- American Rubyspot
- Amethyst Dancer
- Antillean Saddlebags
- Apache Dancer
- Apache Spiketail
- Arizona Snaketail
- Arroyo Bluet
- Arroyo Darner
- Aztec Dancer
- Band-winged Meadowhawk
- Black Meadowhawk
- Black Saddlebags
- Black Setwing
- Black-and-White Damsel
- Black-fronted Forktail
- Black-winged Dragonlet
- Bleached Skimmer
- Blue Dasher
- Blue-eyed Darner
- Blue-fronted Dancer
- Blue-ringed Dancer
- Boreal Bluet
- California Dancer
- California Spreadwing
- Canyon Rubyspot
- Cardinal Meadowhawk
- Carmine Skimmer
- Checkered Setwing
- Citrine Forktail
- Claw-tipped Bluet
- Comanche Skimmer
- Common Green Darner
- Common Whitetail
- Desert Firetail
- Desert Forktail
- Desert Shadowdamsel
- Desert Whitetail
- Double-striped Bluet
- Dusky Dancer
- Eastern Amberwing
- Eastern Pondhawk
- Eight-spotted Skimmer
- Emerald Spreadwing
- Familiar Bluet
- Fiery-eyed Dancer
- Filigree Skimmer
- Flame Skimmer
- Four-spotted Pennant
- Four-spotted Skimmer
- Giant Darner
- Gray Sanddragon
- Great Pondhawk
- Great Spreadwing
- Harkness' Dancer
- Hoary Skimmer
- Kiowa Dancer
- Lavender Dancer
- Malachite Darner
- Marl Pennant
- Mayan Setwing
- Mexican Amberwing
- Mexican Forktail
- Narrow-striped Forceptail
- Neon Skimmer
- Neotropical Bluet
- Northern Bluet
- Northern Spreadwing
- Pacific Forktail
- Paddle-tailed Darner
- Painted Damsel
- Paiute Dancer
- Pale Snaketail
- Pale-faced Clubskimmer
- Persephone's Darner
- Pin-tailed Pondhawk
- Plains Forktail
- Plateau Dragonlet
- Plateau Spreadwing
- Powdered Dancer
- Rambur's Forktail
- Red Rock Skimmer
- Red Saddlebags
- Red-tailed Pennant
- Riffle Darner
- Roseate Skimmer
- Russet-tipped Clubtail
- Sabino Dancer
- Serpent Ringtail
- Sierra Madre Dancer
- Slough Amberwing
- Sooty Dancer
- Spine-tipped Dancer
- Spot-tailed Dasher
- Spot-winged Glider
- Spot-winged Meadowhawk
- Spotted Spreadwing
- Springwater Dancer
- Straw-colored Sylph
- Striped Meadowhawk
- Striped Saddlebags
- Swift Setwing
- Taiga Bluet
- Tarascan Dancer
- Tezpi Dancer
- Thornbush Dasher
- Tonto Dancer
- Tule Bluet
- Turquoise-tipped Darner
- Twelve-spotted Skimmer
- Variable Dancer
- Variable Darner
- Variegated Meadowhawk
- Vivid Dancer
- Wandering Glider
- Western Forktail
- Western Pondhawk
- Western Red Damsel
- Western/Eastern Pondhawk Intermediates
- White-belted Ringtail
- White-tailed Sylph
- Widow Skimmer
- Yaqui Dancer
Comparison
- Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)
- Boreal Bluet (Enallagma boreale)
- Northern Bluet (Enallagma annexum)
Male
Three similar-looking bluet (Enallagma) species in Arizona are the Familiar (E. civile), Boreal (E. boreale), and Northern (E. annexum) Bluets. Of these, the Familiar Bluet is most widespread, occurring in all counties and in a wide variety of habitats, and in some regions, flying year-round. By contrast, Boreal and Northern Bluets are limited roughly to the northeast half of the state (Paulson 2009; see distribution map of each species).
Separating males of the three species requires close examination of the appendages as follows:
- Familiar Bluet: cerci longer than paraprocts
- Boreal Bluet: cerci shorter than paraprocts; paraprocts ~1.5x length of cerci
- Northern Bluet: cerci shorter than paraprocts; paraprocts ~2x length of cerci and, therefore, look proportionally longer than in Boreal Bluet
Note: The second abdominal segment (S2) in Familiar Bluet has a dorsal black spot that extends to the rear of the segment. By contrast, S2 in Boreal and Northern Bluets typically has a thin dorsal black line that does not touch the rear of the segment. However, the S2 spot in (some?) AZ populations of Northern Bluets is of the same shape and size as in typical Familiar Bluets (see pictures of each species).
Male Familiar (Enallagma civile), Boreal (E. boreale),and Northern (E. annexum) Bluets, AZ.
Lateral view of appendages of the Familiar (Enallagma civile), Boreal (E. boreale), and Northern (E. annexum) Bluets, AZ.