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Blue-tailed Damselfly (Female)

Ischnura elegans

Description:

This Female Damselfly is orange, but they can come in a variety of color forms, including a pink form, a violet form and a pale green form. Purple/violet, pink and green forms are juvenile, with the colour darkening as the damselfly ages.

Habitat:

Humid Habitats mostly lakes and Ponds, this is because they ley their eggs underwatewer.

Notes:

This Damselfly was spotted at ´´La Conejera´´ Humeralis

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3 Comments

Nimbid Ditavi
Nimbid Ditavi 11 years ago

Thank you. Luis it's indeed a lovely couple, when they mate they form a heart with its tail!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Great shots Phillip, good you found the male and female.

Nimbid Ditavi
Nimbid Ditavi 11 years ago

here´s the male counterpart: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/170...

Nimbid Ditavi
Spotted by
Nimbid Ditavi

Bogotá, Distrito Capital de Bogotá, Colombia

Spotted on Jan 13, 2013
Submitted on Jan 14, 2013

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