Atlantic bluet
Enallagma doubledayi
The Atlantic bluet is a slender damselfly from North America and the Caribbean. Damselflies look like tiny, thin dragonflies. Bluets are a group of damselflies whose males are often bright blue.
Lives in
North America and the Caribbean, near ponds and lakes
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Damselflies have no sting and do not bother people.
What does it eat?
It catches tiny flying insects in the air. Its babies live under water and eat even tinier water animals.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Atlantic bluet about 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It belongs to a family called narrow-winged damselflies, named for their thin, slim wings.
2
When it lands, it folds its wings together along its body.
3
Scientists checked on it in 2017 and found there are plenty of them, with a steady number.
you asked
Most asked questions about Atlantic bluet
?Is the Atlantic bluet dangerous?
No. Damselflies have no sting and are harmless to people.
?Where does the Atlantic bluet live?
In North America and on islands in the Caribbean.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Enallagma doubledayi
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Coenagrionidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Coenagrionidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Enallagma doubledayi (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Laura Gaudette. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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