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There is a bi-coloured pterostigma on the front wings. Eyes are blue. [4] They have a largely black abdomen with very narrow pale markings where each segment joins the next. 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 ...
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]
Austrolestes colensonis (Māori: kekewai), [3] commonly known as the blue damselfly, is a species of damselfly of the family Lestidae. It is endemic to New Zealand and can commonly be found throughout the country, and at any time of the year. It is New Zealand's largest damselfly, and only blue odonate. [3]
Ischnura pumilio (Charpentier, 1825) – Small bluetail or scarce blue-tailed damselfly [10] Ischnura ramburii (Selys, 1850) – Rambur's forktail [7] Ischnura rhodosoma Lieftinck, 1959; Ischnura rubella Navás, 1934; Ischnura rufostigma Selys, 1876; Ischnura rufovittata (Blanchard, 1843) Ischnura saharensis Aguesse, 1958 – Sahara bluetail [13]
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 ...
Ischnura heterosticta, one of at least two species with the common name common bluetail, [3] is an Australian damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae. [4] It is the largest of the three Ischnura species in Australia. [5] They are generally found near slow-running or still water. [6] The species is also salt tolerant. [7] It flies from October to ...
The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO. ISBN 0643051368. Theischinger, Gunther; Endersby, Ian (2009). Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata (PDF). Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. p. 241. ISBN 978 1 74232 475 3.
The scarce blue-tailed damselfly or small bluetail (Ischnura pumilio) is a member of the damselfly family Coenagrionidae. Mature female. The species occurs throughout Europe except in the north. To the east it occurs from Asia Minor to Siberia, to the south the range extends to Morocco, the Azores and Madeira.