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Common Bluetail

Ischnura senegalensis

Description:

Ischnura senegalensis, also known variously as Common Bluetail, Marsh Bluetail, Ubiquitous Bluetail, African Bluetail, and Senegal Golden Dartlet, is a widespread damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae, native from Africa, through the Middle East, throughout southern and eastern Asia.

Habitat:

The species is found in slow-stagnant or leisurely flowing water bodies and tolerates both disturbances and pollution but is absent from intact forest areas.

Notes:

Male

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dotun55
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dotun55

Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Spotted on Dec 16, 2012
Submitted on Mar 30, 2013

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