Red grass

White-legged damselfly female - Platycnemis pennipes

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RMFelix

Lion

From this angle I would say Platycnemis acutipennis. In your photo is visible the tiny lateral spine on pronotum for asserting identifying P. acutipennis. Please follow this step-by-step this link, going 'suite', and cross check it with other photos of yours from another angle, if possible:
http://meslibellules.fr/pagesweb/plactycnemididae/acutipennis/platycnemis-acutipennis-comparaison-1.php
Now, there's something that puzzles me is the fact that P. acutipennis is described mainly for Portugal, Spain and France... But, everything is possible. I never saw any P. pennipes, but looking to this photo I would find it as P. acutipennis. Please give me feedback after. Thanks! Posted 9 years ago
1. Jivko Nakev
  
  Lion
  
  Thank you Rui, I shall check my other photos in a couple of days. We have a longer weekend - 4 days, and I have a short trip tomorrow to a nice lake in East Serbia - I've never been there. I hope to have a chance for new species...
  Vlasina lake
  Posted 9 years ago
2. 1. RMFelix
    
    Lion
    
    Check this, and have a nice trip! :)
    http://www.nhmbeo.rs/upload/documents/casopisi/Glasnik/Vol02/Bulletin%20Vol2%20-%20Jovic%20et%20al.pdf
    
    Cheers* Posted 9 years ago
  2. 1. Jivko Nakev
      
      Lion
      
      Thanks a lot! Posted 9 years ago
3. Jivko Nakev
  
  Lion
  
  Unfortunately I don't have other photos of this specimen. Further on, P. acutipennis is not among the species recorded in Bulgaria, so I really don't know. For the time being I shall leave it as it is. Posted 8 years ago
4. 1. RMFelix
    
    Lion
    
    Ok! Thanks for your reply, Jivko. Try to cross check it with another specialists, too. It will be great if this was a first record for your country. Cheers! Posted 8 years ago
  2. RMFelix
    
    Lion
    
    Ok! Thanks for your reply, Jivko. Try to cross check it with another specialists, too. It will be great if this was a first record for your country. Cheers! Posted 8 years ago

The White-legged damselfly

The white-legged damselfly or blue featherleg is a damselfly of slow-flowing, muddy waters. It occurs from the Atlantic to Siberia and is often abundant throughout its range.

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Similar species: Dragonflies And Damselflies

Species identified by Jivko Nakev