The other one of the two commonest blue damselflies in the UK. This one is a more vivid blue than Coenagrion puella (the Azure Damselfly).
Id Notes
- not a Coenagrion – no Coenagrion “spur” on the side of the thorax
- blue antehumeral stripes are wide, at least as wide as the black stripes beside them (cf. Coenagrion puella)
- ♂ – mushroom-shaped mark on S2 usually joined by a stalk to suture
- ♂ – S8&9 all blue (but with two tiny dots on S9)
- ♀ – two forms, blue and dull green
- ♀ – black thistle shape on S2
- ♀ – black v2 rocket shapes on S3-7
- ♀ – black triangle on S8
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