Small Bluetailed Damselfly? (RSPB Cors Ddyga, Angelsey, Wales) (2 Viewers)

[DoghouseRiley]

Hi All

Could someone take a quick look at this damselfly?

I see blue on segment 8 and diamond shaped stigma = Ischnure pumilio?

Yours, Gareth

 

[Farnboro John]

I'm not seeing that, just ordinary Blue-tailed.

See photo below of Scarce Bluetail in the New Forest. The complete segment 8 and both the trailing edge and lower half of segment 7 are blue. On Blue-tailed it's the whole of segment 7, so there is a mainly black segment 8 aft of the blue as per your photo.

John

 

[DoghouseRiley]

I'm not seeing that, just ordinary Blue-tailed.

See photo below of Scarce Bluetail in the New Forest. The complete segment 8 and both the trailing edge and lower half of segment 7 are blue. On Blue-tailed it's the whole of segment 7, so there is a mainly black segment 8 aft of the blue as per your photo.

John

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Thanks Farnborough John, Switching between the two pages in Smallshire and Swash. Managed to get them ass about face.