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© Stephen Durrant 2006

Many will think of this creature as a dragonfly. However, a study of the literature suggests that this is a damselfly. The feature that is usually given as a distinguishing trait, is that when at rest a damselfly will lay its wings along the line of its body.

Unless you know better, this appears to be a female Banded Demoiselle. Males are a brighter blue, whereas the females are more green.

Page published: 22 May 2007