Emerging Familiar Bluet Damselfly, Enallagma civile

Damselflies often emerge from the water under the cover of darkness to break free of their nymph form. This individual was photographed just after noon along the shaded bank of mountain fed pond in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.

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Image Size: 2784x3816 / 30.5MB; http://www.claybolt.com/; Emerging Familiar Bluet Damselfly Enallagma civile dragonfly damselfly odonata insect fly crawl arthropod invertebrate South Carolina Clay Bolt exoskeleton legs thorax abdomen fragile hidden metamorphosis wetland stream creek river water marsh bog nymph six southeast north america united states compound eye wings graceful beneficial nymph metamorphosis emergence
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Damselflies often emerge from the water under the cover of darkness to break free of their nymph form. This individual was photographed just after noon along the shaded bank of mountain fed pond in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.