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Segment eight, however, is entirely pale blue. [4] At rest, the wings of most damselfly species are held back together, unlike dragonflies, which rest with their wings out flat. The thorax of juvenile males has a green tinge. [5] Female blue-tailed Damselflies come in a variety of colour forms. [4]
Enallagma cyathigerum (common blue damselfly or common bluet) is a species found mainly between latitudes 40°N and 72°N; [2] It is widely distributed in the Palearctic, common in all European countries (including Portugal, Spain, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Poland, etc.) and in Asia in Turkey, Iran, Russia, and South Korea. [1]
Enallagma cyathigerum (Charpentier, 1840) – Common Blue Damselfly; Enallagma daeckii (Calvert, 1903) – Attenuated Bluet; Enallagma davisi Westfall, 1943 – Sandhill Bluet; Enallagma deserti Selys, 1871 – Desert Bluet; Enallagma divagans Selys, 1876 – Turquoise Bluet; Enallagma doubledayi (Selys, 1850) – Atlantic Bluet
The European common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) for example can occur at high densities in acid waters where fish are absent, such as in bog pools. [29] The scarce blue-tailed damselfly (Ischnura pumilio) in contrast requires base-rich habitats and water with a slow flow-rate. It is found in ditches, quarries, seeps, flushes, marshes ...
The following is a list of Odonata species recorded in Ireland. ... Blue-tailed damselfly (common bluetip) – Ischnura elegans; Scarce blue-tailed damselfly ...
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Ischnura elegans (vanderLinden, 1823) – Blue-tailed damselfly [10] Ischnura erratica Calvert, 1895 – Swift forktail [7] Ischnura evansi Morton, 1919 – Blue-banded damsel [citation needed] Ischnura ezoin (Asahina, 1952) Ischnura filosa Schmidt, 1951; Ischnura fluviatilis Selys, 1876; Ischnura forcipata Morton, 1907
The total number of species recorded is 51 (made up of 17 damselflies (suborder Zygoptera) and 34 true dragonflies) (suborder Anisoptera) ... Blue-tailed Damselfly ...