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Orange Bluets

Orange Bluet damselflies (Enallagma signatum) mating near the swimming beach at Lake Louise State Park in Minnesota.

Most Bluet damselflies are blue and black and hard to tell apart -- in some cases it takes a microscope. Orange Bluets start out with the same color scheme, but turn a beautiful bright orange at maturity. Females sometimes remain blue, but more often become green or yellow; the one in this mating wheel is in mid-transition.

An Orange Bluet damselfly (Enallagma signatum) resting on the beach at Kinnickinnic State Park in Wisconsin.

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