tarboat's photos with the keyword: coenagrion pulchellum

The male Variable Damselfly Coenagrion pulchellum is fairly easily recognised and differentiated from similar species whereas the female can be rather more difficult to identify. This is a female seen at a marl pit at Churton in the west of Cheshire.

Sometimes you have to look very closely to identify a damselfly. At first glance this is a male Azure Damselfly ( Coenagrion puella ), particularly as the antehumeral stripes are unbroken. It is only on close inspection that the other markings prove that it is actually the Variable Damselfly ( Coenagrion pulchellum ) once again living up to its name.