We made our inaugural trip to the excellent Wicken Fen rather late in the 2011 season. I was hoping to see my first Variable Damselfly and lo, it delivered. An awkward common name since, unfortunately, most of the blue damsels seem prone to being variable, as well.
Id Notes
- bears the Coenagrion “spur” on the side of the thorax
- antehumeral stripes are classically broken resembling exclamation marks
- ♂ – S9 more than half black
- ♂ – black mark on S2 resembles a stemmed wine glass (but the stem can be missing, apparently)
- ♀ – two forms, dark and blue, best identified by the pronotum shape [good luck!]
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