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Azure Damselfly / Hufeisen-Azurjungfer

Coenagrion puella

Photo by Ursula Fricke
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Renaturalised riverside

Notes:

Is this a male White-legged Damselfly (Platycnemis pennipes)?

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Azure Damselfly

Species ID Suggestions

Azure Damselfly

Coenagrion puella

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FaredinAliyevski
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Comments (3)
Ursula Fricke
Thanks, Faredin. But how do I distinguish between the White-legged Damselfly (frankly the legs don't look all that white in the pics I saw) and the Azure Damselfly? To my inexperienced eyes they look the same.
FaredinAliyevski
Good you checked it Ursula, I have suggested you the right one. Yours is a male and you can see both the male and female (mating) here: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/27274122
Ursula Fricke
The Wikipedia article states that the Familiar Bluet is native to the US and Canada... Unfortunately I (and the damselfly in question) are in Germany.

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Biodiversity in Germany

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PublishedJune 27, 2013

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