Damselfly ID?

Wharfrat · #1 (**permalink**) 22-11-2011, 10:37 AM

Hi

Can someone please id this damselfly for me? Pic was taken in Wiltshire in May 2006. I can find pics of "similar" but none exactly the same...

Thanx!

htcdude · #2 (**permalink**) 22-11-2011, 10:48 AM

I think it's a female Common Blue Damselfly

Nige

wint · #3 (**permalink**) 22-11-2011, 01:45 PM

It has the 'Coenagrion spur' - female Azure Damselfly for me.

Geoff F · #4 (**permalink**) 22-11-2011, 07:42 PM

Yes that spur certainly narrows down the options; and any alternatives are uncommon so Azure is certainly the most likely.

There are a few colour forms of the Azure Damselfly, Wharfrat.

wint · #5 (**permalink**) 23-11-2011, 07:12 AM

As Geoff says there are different colour forms of Azure

Here are a couple of images similar to yours

or Azure Bluet (Coenagrion puella)

The top left image on page 76 of Smallshire and Swash is also like these.

Here's one from Wild-woman which has much more blue between the segments

Wharfrat · #6 (**permalink**) 23-11-2011, 08:43 AM

Thanx all!

Different colour forms kind of points to why I was having probs id-ing it on the net, but the 'coenagrion spur' seems to help and now I've found a very useful site Dragonflies of Norfolk - Species - Identifying Blue Damselflies.