Blue Tailed  Damselfly
Taken at Baron's Haugh on 22nd June 2021 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode
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Taken at Baron's Haugh on 8th July 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 105 mm macro lens. Fact File
Blue Tailed Damselfly
Mating
Taken at Baron's Haugh on 9th June 2018 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode.		 Fact File

Male
Taken at Baron's Haugh on 6th June 2019 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode.		 Fact File
Female
Taken at Baron's Haugh on 3rd July 2017 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode		 Fact File
Colour form Violacea.
Taken at Baron's Haugh on 20th June 2022 using Panasonic Lumix TZ70 in macro mode.		 Fact File
Immature Female
Taken at Baron's Haugh on 21st June 2018 with Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode		 Fact File
Female of the colour form Rufescens.
Taken at Baron's Haugh on 28th May 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 105 mm macro lens. Fact File
Damselfly - Blue Tailed
Colour form Infuscans
Taken at Baron's Haugh on 24th June 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.		 Fact File
Blue Tailed Damselfly.
Species:
Order:
Family:		 Ischnura elegans.
Odonata.
Coenagrionidae
Food:

Body Length:
Male:
Female:
 Young:
Habitat:
Flies/Found:
Feature:
 Small flying insects, caught using their legs like a basket to scoop the prey up while flying, or insects taken from leaves.
31 mm.
Dark body with the 8th segment of the abdomen coloured pale blue
They can have up to five different colour forms.

Lowland habitats including brackish or polluted water.
Late May to September.
A number of colour forms exist, where the abdomen can be pink (rufescens), lilac (violacea) or green (infuscans) when the damselfly first emerges.