Familiar Bluet

Scientific Classification

Order Odonata
Suborder
Zygoptera
(Damselfly)
Family
Enallagma
(Pond Damsels: American Bluets)
Genus
Enallagma
Species
civile
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Familiar Bluet, Male, Walker Creek, Apache, AZ, 25 July 2011 Familiar Bluet, Male, Walker Creek, Apache, AZ, 25 July 2011

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Seasonal Changes in Occurrence

Data (211 accepted records) from Odonata Central, August 2026.

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Familiar Bluet Familiar Bluet, Male, Historic Canoa Ranch, Pima, AZ, 30 May 2020
Familiar Bluet Familiar Bluet, Male, Christopher Columbus Park, Tucson, Pima, AZ, 16 July 2022
Familiar Bluet Familiar Bluet, Male, Queen Valley, Pinal, AZ, 23 December 2021
Familiar Bluet Familiar Bluet, Male, Queen Valley, Pinal, AZ, 11 June 2026
Familiar Bluet Familiar Bluet, Male, Queen Valley, Pinal, AZ, 10 April 2022
Familiar Bluet Familiar Bluet, Male, Agua Fria River, Black Canyon City, Yavapai, AZ, 14 November 2021
Familiar Bluet Familiar Bluet, Immature male, Rio Salado Wetlands, Maricopa, AZ, 1 April 2012
Familiar Bluet Familiar Bluet, Teneral male, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 16 February 2010
Familiar Bluet Familiar Bluet, Male appendages (lateral view), Veterans Oasis Park, Chandler, Maricopa, AZ, 4 June 2017
Familiar Bluet Familiar Bluet, Female, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 10 November 2021
Familiar Bluet Familiar Bluet, Female, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 8 July 2020
Familiar Bluet Familiar Bluet, Blue female, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 15 June 2014
Familiar Bluet Familiar Bluet, Female, Papago Park, Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ, 21 June 2019
Familiar Bluet Familiar Bluet, Blue female, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 10 November 2011
Familiar Bluet Familiar Bluet, Pair in tandem, Rousseau Farm, Maricopa, AZ, 5 November 2025
Familiar Bluet Familiar Bluet, Pair in tandem, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 19 April 2021
Familiar Bluet Familiar Bluet, Pair "in tandem", Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 11 May 2008
Familiar Bluet Familiar Bluet, Pair in tandem, Queen Valley, Pinal, AZ, 1 March 2020
Familiar Bluet Familiar Bluet, Pair in wheel, Queen Valley, Pinal, AZ, 14 October 2022
Familiar Bluet Familiar Bluet, Pair in tandem with ovipositing female, Queen Valley, Pinal, AZ, 13 December 2025
Familiar Bluet Familiar Bluet, Pair in tandem, Brown female ovipositing, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 12 January 2008
Familiar Bluet Familiar Bluet, Pair in tandem with female ovipositing, Parker Canyon Lake, Cochise, AZ, 31 August 2014. Note the dark blue color of the thorax, contrasting with the color of the abdomen, and the almost black eyes of the male. These features are quite unusual for this species.