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Quick Identification Guide
White Legged Damselfly (Platycnemis pennipes)
Welcome to my quick identification guide for the White Legged 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 White Legged Damselfly
Creamy white just after emergence, males mature to a pale pastel blue. The upper surface of the thorax has one full length wide antehumeral stripe either side of the centreline. Parallel to this is a second fine stripe; on some specimens this fine line is interrupted by the black outline. On the upper surface of each abdominal segment is a longitudinal line that thickens and splits on segments 7 to 10. These black lines seem to become more intense with age. The tibias of the mid and hind legs are broad white feather like structures and the source of the vernacular name.
The female White Legged Damselfly
A Quick ID Guide
For a more complete species description, follow the link below to the White Legged Damselfly narrative.
Alternatively follow the link to the main species page.
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