Quick IdentificationBanded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens)
Male Banded Demoiselle
Quick ID Guide
Welcome to my quick identification guide of the Banded Demoiselle.
These graphics are meant as a guide to the key identifying features of both the male and the female dragonflies.
The text section has been kindly written & supplied by Mr Ken Crick.
For a more complete species description, follow the link below to the Banded Demoiselle narrative.
The body can be metallic blue or green or a combination of both colours, which seems to be dependent on the time of year and location. The wings veneration is strong but more obvious in the pigmented band reminiscent of an inky thumb print. The wing lacks pigmentation from the root to the nodus and at the tip.
Female Banded Demoiselle
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All of the images and graphics are by Chris Brooks.
The wings are tinted green throughout. Almost at the wing tips on the wings leading edge is a slightly elongated single but distinctive white cell known as the pseudo-pterostigma. The abdomen and thorax are metallic bronze / green with the most obvious bronzing occurring at each end of the abdomen.
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