Sex: Male
Location: North-West Italy
Geography: Small, slow stream
Blue-tailed damselfly, common bluetail
Common across its range from Western Europe (save for Portugal) to Eastern Asia
Medium sized damselfly.
Male patterned blue and black on head and thorax. Abdomen dark from above and pale ventrally, with only segment 8 being completely blue.
Female comes in various colour morphs, including salmon pink, violet and pale green when immature, as well as blue, olive green and pale brown morphs when mature.
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