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Blue-tailed Damselfly

Ischnura elegans

Photo by IvanPancic
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SukanyaDatta
I think this is the Blue-tailed Damselfly. It is not a Dragonfly. Dragonflies have fatter bodies and mostly keep their wings open when they sit. I have recently started reading and looking at photos so, I could be off the mark...but please check Ischnura_elegans Please also take a look at the link below...very similar to my eyes... http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ischnura_elegans,_(Blue-tailed_Damselfly),_Arnhem,_the_Netherlands.jpg

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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedJune 29, 2014

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