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Enallagma cyathigerum (Charpentier, 1840).
Known as “Common Blue damselfly”, also known as (Common Bluet, or Northern Bluet)
Length: 32mm to 35mm
Flight period: April to early October.
Probably the most widespread species not only in the United Kingdom but also in Europe. Its range extends north of the Artic Circle and to the Moroccan Atlas and Kamchatka.
Habitat: It can be found in all types of fresh waters, from small ponds in Towns and gardens, grasslands, to large lakes and rivers.
The male “Common Blue Damselfly is aggressive towards other damselflies when defending their female as she lays her eggs. When mating they form a mating “wheel” the female bends her body around to his reproductive organs, as the male clasps the female by her neck.
Larval growth in the north needs more than a year to develop, where in the warmer southern climates; up to two generations can emerge each year.
The larvae require well planted and dense vegetation within the waters for protection from fish, as they move between the submerged stalks and leaves of plants to feed on small prey.
The male is pale blue with prominent “torpedo” shaped bands of black along the body, where the females have more often a greenish and brownish body. Although females can also be blue, but they are more in the minority to the green and brown bodied females.
Read MoreKnown as “Common Blue damselfly”, also known as (Common Bluet, or Northern Bluet)
Length: 32mm to 35mm
Flight period: April to early October.
Probably the most widespread species not only in the United Kingdom but also in Europe. Its range extends north of the Artic Circle and to the Moroccan Atlas and Kamchatka.
Habitat: It can be found in all types of fresh waters, from small ponds in Towns and gardens, grasslands, to large lakes and rivers.
The male “Common Blue Damselfly is aggressive towards other damselflies when defending their female as she lays her eggs. When mating they form a mating “wheel” the female bends her body around to his reproductive organs, as the male clasps the female by her neck.
Larval growth in the north needs more than a year to develop, where in the warmer southern climates; up to two generations can emerge each year.
The larvae require well planted and dense vegetation within the waters for protection from fish, as they move between the submerged stalks and leaves of plants to feed on small prey.
The male is pale blue with prominent “torpedo” shaped bands of black along the body, where the females have more often a greenish and brownish body. Although females can also be blue, but they are more in the minority to the green and brown bodied females.
