common blue damselfly common bluet enallagma cyathigerum

feeding
common blue damselfly common blue damselfly
with a wood-louse?
common blue damselfly
the meal doesn't look very appetizing
common blue damselfly
whatever it is, it's got long legs


in tandem
common blue damselflies
rain-splashed
 common blue damselflies
common blue damselflies common blue damselflies
common blue damselflies


mating
common blue
male mating with blue-form female
 common blue
male mating with green-form female


portraits
common blue damselfly
Female green-form. Both female forms show a thistle on s2 and large dark rocket-like shapes along the abdomen. They also have a triangular shape on s8. This species does not have a black line (or spur) on the side on the thorax and both sexes have very broad thoracic stripes. These are good identifiers.
common blue damselfly
Female blue-form. The diagnostic spine under segment 8 is visible. Also, the ovipositor is almost at the end of the abdomen. The brownish eyes show that this specimen is not quite fully mature.
common blue damselfly
The male has a shape like a golf-ball on a tee on s2.
common blue damselfly
immature male
common blue damselfly
male
common blue damselfly
male
common blue damselfly
immature female
common blue damselfly
immature female
common blue damselfly
immature female
common blue damselfly
immature female