Big Bluet Enallagma durum (Hagen, 1861)S3 (Watch list)    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Odonata   >   Family Coenagrionidae   >   Genus Enallagma   

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Big Bluet (Enallagma durum) is a very large, robust species of bluet, typically associated with coastal habitats, including brackish water, and large rivers and estuaries (Paulson, 2011). In Maryland, this species is known locally from the Piedmont, and from the coastal plain (Richard Orr's Dragonflies and Damselflies of Maryland and the District of Columbia). It is ranked as S3 (watch list).

There are 233 records in the project database.

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A Big Bluet in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (6/16/2018). Photo by Jim Moore. (MBP list)

A male Big Bluet found in Dorchester Co., Maryland (6/21/2007). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

A male Big Bluet in Harford Co., Maryland (9/21/2007). Photo by Steve Collins. (MBP list)

A male Big Bluet in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (6/14/2015). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)

A Big Bluet in Calvert Co., Maryland (6/13/2019). Photo by Jason Avery. (MBP list)

Big Bluet in Harford Co., Maryland (7/26/2020). (c) pgkaestner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Peter Kaestner via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Big Bluet in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/5/2015). Photo by Lynn Strauss. (MBP list)

Big Bluet in Calvert Co., Maryland (7/26/2020). (c) jasoneavery, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jason Avery. (MBP list)

Big Bluet in Calvert Co., Maryland (8/24/2022). (c) Jason E. Avery, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jason Avery. (MBP list)

Big Bluet in Cecil Co., Maryland (9/3/2022). (c) Jonathan Irons, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jonathan Irons. (MBP list)

Big Bluet in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/20/2023). (c) maddicks13, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by maddicks13 via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A female Big Bluet in Hillsborough Co., Florida (6/4/2011). Photo by Dan Irizarry. (MBP list)

Big Bluet in Cecil Co., Maryland (8/15/2022). (c) bdale1334, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by bdale1334 via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Big Bluet in Cecil Co., Maryland (8/15/2022). (c) Jonathan Irons, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jonathan Irons. (MBP list)

Big Bluet in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/27/2022). (c) Jonathan Irons, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jonathan Irons. (MBP list)

A female Big Bluet in Hillsborough Co., Florida (6/42011). Photo by Dan Irizarry. (MBP list)

A Big Bluet in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (8/1/2015). Photo by Mikey Lutmerding. (MBP list)

Big Bluet in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/10/2020). (c) matt whitbeck, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by matt_whitbeck via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Big Bluet in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) pcowartrickmanphoto, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Pamela Cowart-Rickman. (MBP list)

Big Bluet in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) pcowartrickmanphoto, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Pamela Cowart-Rickman. (MBP list)

Big Bluet in Calvert Co., Maryland (7/13/2023). (c) rosalie-rick, all rights reserved. Photo by rosalie-rick via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Big Bluet in Charles Co., Maryland (8/8/2021). (c) pgwamsley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by pgwamsley via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Big Bluet in Cecil Co., Maryland (6/19/2011). (c) Mike Ostrowski, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA). Photo by Mike Ostrowski. (MBP list)

Big Bluet in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) pcowartrickmanphoto, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Pamela Cowart-Rickman. (MBP list)

Big Bluet in Cecil Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) jugbayjs, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by jugbayjs via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Big Bluet in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (7/9/1995). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)


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