A New Visitor To The Pond

Identifying dragonflies and damselflies can be quite challenge at times, especially as they go through their stages and can have many forms. This is a first for me, and for the garden pond. It is a Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans form rufescens) female immature. The females of this particular species actually come in five colour forms, and this is one of the five.

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Garden pond, Staffordshire. England. May 2017.

05/17 by Peter Hillman Categories: Animals, Animals (Invertebrates), Dragonflies, Garden, Garden Pond, Insects, Macro Photography, Nature Photography, Photography, Wildlife PhotographyTags: Blue-tailed Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans form rufescens female immature, Damselflies, Dragonflies, Insects, Ischnura elegans, Macro, Macro Photography, Nature, Nature Photography, Odonata, Photography, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography 18 Comments