Talk:Blue-tailed damselfly

Wrong species?

I removed this photo because I don't think it is Ischnura elegans and I couldn't find another commons one of a pair. This one looks more like Platycnemis pennipes.

Mating wheel of Ischnura elegans - At the top the male

--Chuunen Baka (talk • contribs) 14:10, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Hello. The photo shows Ischnura elegans. Without a doubt. Look at the legs an at the abdomen of the male. If you are not sure, don't change/ delete it.

Sorry for my english. Greetings from Germany Frederik 81 (http://www.libellen-duesseldorf.de) Frederik81 (talk) 08:28, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I've checked with a better fieldguide and have restore the image. --Chuunen Baka (talk • contribs) 16:47, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

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The blue-tailed damselfly (Ischnura elegans) is a damselfly, belonging to the family Coenagrionidae. Ischnura elegans can reach a body length of 27–35 millimetres (1.1–1.4 in) and a wingspan of about 35 millimetres (1.4 in). Adult male blue-tailed damselflies have a head and thorax patterned with blue and black, while females come in a variety of colour forms. This pair of blue-tailed damselflies was photographed while mating in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.

Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp

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