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01-07-2007, 08:17 PM
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| | | Damselfly identification
I'm having trouble pinning down this damselfly. 
I thought it might be an Azure female but my books don't show a blue version with this pattern. Any help appreciated. Regards, John |
01-07-2007, 10:54 PM
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| | | Re: Damselfly identification
To me and I've been wrong on many occassions, it looks a little like an immature Dainty Damsel....
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02-07-2007, 05:24 AM
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| | | Re: Damselfly identification
Sadly the Dainty is now extinct. Colonies were wiped out in the great flood from the North Sea that happened in the early fifties.
I think it's a female Azure. Let Steve (Fourwings) have a look for you.
What part of he country was the shot taken btw-that's sometimes helpful?
Just had a thought-if you are near or live Hampshire way, what about the possibility of a Southern?
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Last edited by Wild-Woman; 02-07-2007 at 05:29 AM.
Reason: Extra thought.
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02-07-2007, 06:40 AM
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| | | Re: Damselfly identification
Yes, I should have given the location. Photo taken in Kent, near Tunbridge Wells. Regards, John |
02-07-2007, 11:22 AM
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| | | Re: Damselfly identification
I would say immature female azure. |
03-07-2007, 05:54 AM
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| | | Re: Damselfly identification
Neither of my books (Steve Brooks and Smallshire/Swash) show an immature female form. Should I be getting another? It looked to me as though it could be the blue form of the azure female but the blue rings seemed smaller than those illustrated. Regards
John |
07-07-2007, 06:19 AM
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| | | Re: Damselfly identification
Quote:
Originally Posted by johnpw  Neither of my books (Steve Brooks and Smallshire/Swash) show an immature female form. Should I be getting another? It looked to me as though it could be the blue form of the azure female but the blue rings seemed smaller than those illustrated. Regards
John | Hi John
You won't go too far wrong with just those two books. There's quite a lot of variation in colouration / patterning and it would be too much too put into a small book. Perhaps what is needed is the equivalent of the Olsen and Larsson Gulls book with artwork followed by a selection of photographs showing the variations - but we'd never be able to carry it into the field!
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