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Blue-tailed Damselfly

Ischnura elegans

Notes:

A male and a female blue-tailed damselfly. The male can be distinguished by the secondary genitalia ventrally of S2. This male is most probably a teneral (newly emerged). The female is distinguished by the ovipositor at the end of the tale. This female is andromorph, characterised by the thorax colour, as well as the blue spot at S8.

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Thanasis Samaras
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Thanasis Samaras

Δήμος Βόλβης, Περιφέρεια Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας, Greece

Spotted on Apr 20, 2014
Submitted on Jul 1, 2014

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