Common Bluetail Damselflies

Common Bluetails (Ishnura elegans) are, as the name suggests, widely seen. Interestingly the female comes in 3 colour forms called (rather unromantically types A, B and C) or (rather more romantically) "violacea", "infuscans" and "rufescens obsoleta" if mature (or just "rufescens" if it is immature).

Common Bluetails (Ishnura elegans) are, as the name suggests, widely seen. Interestingly the female comes in 3 colour forms called (rather unromantically types A, B and C) or (rather more romantically) "violacea", "infuscans" and "rufescens obsoleta" if mature (or just "rufescens" if it is immature).

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