Howard County Bird Club
A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society
Skimming Bluet
Place name abbreviations: MPEA – Middle Patuxent Environment Area; PRSP – Patuxent River State Park; PVSP – Patapsco River Valley State Park; WMA – Wildlife Management Area.
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| Species common name Scientific name |
Length (in inches; M and F if different) | Flight season Relative abundance |
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| Skimming Bluet Enallagma geminatum |
M: 0.9-1.1″ F: 0.7-1.1″ | 11 May — 5 Oct Common |
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| Habitat: Most abundant at ponds but found in various aquatic habitats in fertile, well-oxygenated lakes, ponds, slow parts of streams—usually swampy or boggy with floating vegetation/ample shoreline vegetation. Often rests on floating vegetation (like water lilies), 6 a.m.-3 p.m. Skims slowly and gracefully over water very close to surface. |
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Male
June 12, 2013
Meadowbrook Park
Bonnie Ott
Male
June 9, 2002
Font Hill Park
June Tveekrem
Male and Female (in tandem)
June 12, 2005
Howard County
June Tveekrem
Male and Female (in tandem)
June 12, 2005
Howard County
June Tveekrem
Female (dorsal S8-S10)
2008
Font Hill Park
June Tveekrem