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Quick Identification Guide
Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella)
Welcome to my quick identification guide for the Azure Damselfly. These graphics are meant as a guide to the key identifying features of both the male and the female damselflies.
The text section has been kindly written and supplied by Mr Ken Crick.
The male Azure Damselfly
The male is a slim and elegant pale blue damselfly and is usually identified by the black “u” symbol located on the second abdominal segment. The 8th abdominal segment is pale blue; segment 9 has pale blue background with another truncated black “u” at its base. The upper surface of the thorax in front of the wings is marked with fine (antehumeral) stripes. Immature males exhibit all the above black markings with pale violet pigmentation that will become blue with sexual maturity.
The female Azure Damselfly
A Quick ID Guide
For a more complete species description, follow the link below to the narrative of the Azure Damselfly
Alternatively follow the link to the main species page.
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