Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00593
Familiar Bluet
Enallagma civile
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About Familiar Bluet
Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile) is a member of Coenagrionidae in the order Odonata. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced.
Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile) is documented from Kauaʻi. Damselflies have aquatic predatory naiads and aerial predatory adults. Hawaiian Megalagrion have radiated into streams, seeps, bogs, wet rock faces, and other specialized freshwater habitats. On Kauaʻi, observations are most useful when they record adult sex/color phase, breeding habitat, naiad presence, water conditions, and precise locality/elevation. Where island-specific host, prey, breeding-site, abundance, or seasonal information is not yet firmly documented, those details should remain tied to direct specimens and field observations rather than inferred from populations elsewhere.
Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile) is an introduced damselfly documented from Kauaʻi wetlands and river habitat. Adults and aquatic naiads require separate identification coverage.
Kauaʻi occurrence evidence: Waimea River Kauaʻi surveys explicitly record Enallagma civile as introduced; ITIS recognizes the valid species.
The cited occurrence evidence does not by itself establish current abundance or population trend on Kauaʻi.
Life cycle
Egg; aquatic naiad; emergence/final molt; winged adult; no pupa.
Habitat
Streams, seeps, bogs, waterfalls, wet rock, or other freshwater habitats depending on species.
Food and ecological role
Naiads prey on aquatic invertebrates; adults capture small flying insects.
Reproduction
Adults mate near habitat and females lay eggs in or near water or wet plant tissue.
Movement
Adults fly among breeding sites; naiads remain aquatic.
Ecosystem role
Predator in both aquatic and aerial food webs.
Threats and impacts
Habitat alteration, hydrologic change, invasive aquatic predators, and loss of intact native wet habitats can be important.
Monitoring
Record adult sex/color phase, breeding habitat, naiad presence, water conditions, and precise locality/elevation.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Enallagma civile
- Common names
- Familiar Bluet
- Family
- Coenagrionidae
- Order
- Odonata
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Present
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile) is a member of Coenagrionidae in the order Odonata. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced.