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Blue-tailed damselfly, Biesbosch, Netherlands In dutch called the "little lantern". Biesbosch,Blue-tailed damselfly,Europe,Geotagged,Ischnura elegans,Netherlands,Summer,World

Blue-tailed damselfly, Biesbosch, Netherlands

In dutch called the "little lantern".

comments (6)

RMFelix

Lion

Beautiful female, this one the f. rufescens! Beautiful shot, cheers*
Posted 8 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Sorry, don't understand what you mean with f. rufescens? Posted 8 years ago
2. 1. WildFlower
    
    Lion
    
    Females are in different colour forms.
    http://www.british-dragonflies.org.uk/species/blue-tailed-damselfly Posted 8 years ago
  2. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
      Lion
      
      Ah it refers to a form, thought it was a species name. Thanks. Posted 8 years ago
  3. RMFelix
    
    Lion
    
    Yep, Ischnura elegans f. rufescens, being "f." the form. Cheers Posted 8 years ago
  4. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
      Lion
      
      Thanks for identifying the gender and form :) Posted 8 years ago

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The Blue-tailed damselfly

The blue-tailed damselfly (Ischnura elegans) is a European damselfly.

Similar species: Dragonflies And Damselflies

Species identified by Ferdy Christant

By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Sep 10, 2016. Captured Jul 30, 2016 11:35 in Vissershang 4, 4273 PE Hank, Netherlands.

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Captured in the summer. More summer photos.