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Flagermus-vandnymfe
(Coenagrion pulchellum)
Vander Linden (1825)
Vandnymfer (Coenagrionidae)
VABL
24787
Variable Bluet (gb)
Agrion Variable (es)
Mörk Lyrflickslända (se)
Synonyms: Variable Damselfly (gb)
Measurements:
To 33-38mm
Ab 23-32mm
Hw 16-23mm
Flight period:
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Identification:
Life stages:
Distribution:
Most of Europe, absent most of Iberian peninsula and northern part of Fennoscandinavia. Also east through Turkey and Russia to Kazakhstan (possibly China). In Denmark widespread and present in all regions including most islands.
Habitat:
Behavior:
Status:
LC in Denmark. LC globally. Common in most of Denmark; less so Lolland and Falster. Stable and common in other Nordic countries.
Comment:
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504
(1 photos)
2021-06-08 Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark Imago ♂ Individual with an extremely broken shoulder stripe. |
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669
(2 photos)
2022-05-23 Kongelunden, Denmark Imago ♂ Straight forward to id, by the S2 marking. Among the damsels examined today this was the only the male I found. The majority were Azure. |
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704
(1 photos)
2022-05-29 Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark Imago ♂ |
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1930
(1 photos)
2022-06-04 Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark Imago ♂ |
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1924
(1 photos)
2022-06-16 Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark Imago ♂ |
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1925
(1 photos)
2022-06-16 Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark Imago ♂ |
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1926
(1 photos)
2022-06-16 Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark Imago ♂ |
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1927
(1 photos)
2022-06-16 Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark Imago ♀ |
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1928
(1 photos)
2022-06-16 Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark Imago ♂ og ♀ |
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1929
(1 photos)
2022-06-16 Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark Imago ♂ og ♀ |
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1356
(1 photos)
2023-05-07 Bastemosen (Bornholm), Denmark Imago ♂ Teneral. Using Erland R. Nielsen as a first stepping stone into this world. The long black spikes leading forward on the side of the abdomen and the colored S8 and only half S9 are good pointers to the species from this angle. |
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1380
(2 photos)
2023-05-11 Amager Fælled, Denmark Imago ♀ Blue form. My first on Amager this year. |
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1381
(1 photos)
2023-05-11 Amager Fælled, Denmark Imago ♀ A typical dark form. The upper animal. The lower is a Common Bluet (Almindelig Vandnymfe). Only saw two of the species compared to 60 Common Bluets. |
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1507
(1 photos)
2023-06-05 Allgunnens Naturreservat (Kalmar), Sweden Imago ♂ |
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1520
(2 photos)
2023-06-06 Fjällmossen (Östergötland), Sweden Imago ♀ Teneral but shape of pronotum reveals it. |
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1583
(3 photos)
2023-06-07 Valdemarsvik (Östergötland), Sweden Imago ♂ A narrow stem on the S2 marking and blackish on the side of the thorax makes it unusual, but even more so the way it holds the wings like a spreadwing. |