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Male common blue damselfly

Enallagma cyathigerum

Description:

Male is mostly blue with a black band on the tail . Female is brown/greenish with more black on the tail.

Habitat:

Ponds and slow running water across the UK.

Notes:

As the name suggests this is a common damselfly throughout the UK. Still nice to see them though.

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2 Comments

Doryreed
Doryreed 12 years ago

He was. Sat there for ages while I tried to get in a position to get a shot. :)

Elsa
Elsa 12 years ago

That is one chilled out damselfly!

Doryreed
Spotted by
Doryreed

England, United Kingdom

Spotted on Jul 13, 2011
Submitted on Jul 16, 2011

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