Dragonfly - Darners Family

Talk about blending in, huh.

Here's a closeup crop:


I just spent hours trying to ID this dragonfly.
Family Aeshnidae - Darners maybe?

This pic is close (green form female darner):
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Dragon or Damsel
GOOD visuals here.
Eyes and wing spread are Dragon.
Abdomen looks more like a Damsel, though?

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Dragonflies

Field walk.
The dragonflies were active.

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Odonata of North Dakota
Order Odonata (toothed ones) - dragonflies (Anisoptera) and damselflies (Zygoptera)

Family Libellulidae
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)



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Family Libellulidae
Western Meadowhawk (Sympetrum occidentale)



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I love this one:

Damselfly

Damselfly.
My companion saw it, I didn't, so I handed him the camera with tele and he took the picture.
Nice one too.

For ID,
I got it drilled down this far:
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Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods
Class Insecta - Insects
Order Odonata - Dragonflies and Damselflies
Suborder Zygoptera - Damselflies
Family Coenagrionidae - Narrow-winged Damselflies
Genus Enallagma - American Bluets

Possibilities:
Species carunculatum - Tule Bluet
Species civile - Familiar Bluet
Species clausum - Alkali Bluet
Species exsulans - Stream Bluet
Species praevarum - Arroyo Bluet

All things considered (area, photos, etc.) my guess would be:
Alkali Bluet

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Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) of the United States
Odonata of North Dakota



(Dragonflies and Damselflies of West Virginia Site - GOOD diagrams)
Damselfly Anatomy

Dragonfly Anatomy