British Damselflies Identification

The British Damselflies Identification page on Wild About Britain can be used to help you identify species of Damselflies found in the UK.

However, if they all look the same, or you need some help in identifying a particular species, click here to post a question in our forum, where some of our really helpful members should be able to help.

Variable Damselfly Coenagrion pulchellum	Scarce Emerald Damselfly Lestes dryas	Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum	Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura pumilio	Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas	Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum	White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes
Southern Damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale	Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo	Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans	Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa
Small Red Damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum	Northern Damselfly Coenagrion hastulatum	Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella	Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens