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A Quick ID Guide
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Quick Identification Guide
Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum)
Welcome to my quick identification guide for the Common Blue 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 Common Blue Damselfly
The male is the bluest of the blue / black damselflies. The thorax viewed from above bares two broad blue stripes. Just behind the wing roots on the second abdominal segment is a mushroom shaped symbol, the stalk of which may be absent. The upper surface of segments 8 & 9 towards the tip of the abdomen are all blue, often appearing brighter than the rest of the blue areas of the insect.
The female Common Blue Damselfly
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