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The Dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata)
of the Columbia Basin, British Columbia:
Field Surveys, Collections Development and Public Education

Enallagma Selys

Enallagma is a large, predominantly North American genus containing some of our most abundant damselflies. Most of the common blue and black damselflies of the Columbia Basin are Enallagma. Four of the seven British Columbia species are known in the Basin. The larvae are patterned in brown or green, and usually climb in aquatic vegetation.

Species:

  • Enallagma boreale

  • Enallagma carunculatum

  • Enallagma cyathigerum

  • Enallagma ebrium

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