Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly
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| Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Coenagrionidae |
| Genus: | Ischnura |
| Species: | I.pumilio |
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| Ischnura pumilio | |
The Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly or Small Bluetail, Ischnura pumilio, is a member of the damselfly family Coenagrionidae.
The typical male has a black abdomen with a bright blue spot on tail (segments 8 and 9).[1] It is very similar to the Blue-tailed Damselfly, Ischnura elegans but on that species the blue spot is mostly on segment 8.[2] Females undergo a change of colour as they mature. The immature female is bright orange, the aurantiaca phase, but matures to a greenish-brown.
References
- ↑ British Dragonfly Society. "Ischnura pumilio - Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly".
- ↑ British Dragonfly Society. "Ischnura elegans - Blue-tailed Damselfly".
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