Saturday 5 July 2008

Common Blue Damselfly























Went up to John O' Gaunts reservoir yesterday, not a lot doing on the bird front, a very pleasant location though, I've not been before. In the absence of birds to photograph I shot a few landscapes and some attempts at Damselflies. The attached shots, I think I'm right in saying are of Common Blue damselflies (Enallagma cyathigerum). Very similar to the Azure damselfly but can be separated by the markings on the second abdominal segment ( males only). On the Common Blue the mark is shaped like a black club, on the Azure, the mark is like a black U. You can just see that mark on the photograph of the male and female together.



Stephen.

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