Blue-tailed Damselflies

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Blue-tailed Damselfly

Latin name:  Ischnura elegans

Size:  Wingspan approximately 40mm

Distribution:  Found throughout the UK

Months seen:  May to September

Habitat:  Ponds, lakes, streams and rivers.

Food:  Small flying insects.

Special features:  Blue-tailed Damselflies come in several different colour forms, but the majority are black or dark bronze along the top of the abdomen, with the last but one segment of the abdomen (8th segment) being completely blue (hence the name).

This species is fairly common, and can even be found around polluted ponds.

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