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Common Bluetail (Ischnura elegans)    (dragonfly)    24794
Stor Farvevandnymfe (dk)   Större Kustflickslända (se)  
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Identification:
Distribution:
Large part of Europe; absent Portugal and northern Scandinavian pen.
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Common Bluetail 661    (2 photos)
2022-05-16    Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark

Imago. Male. Hejresøen. Immature.
Common Bluetail 1184    (1 photos)
2022-06-04    Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark

Imago. Male.
Common Bluetail 1185    (1 photos)
2022-06-04    Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark

Imago. Male. Young.
Common Bluetail 1180    (1 photos)
2022-06-04    Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark

Imago. Male and female. Tandem.
Common Bluetail 1181    (2 photos)
2022-06-04    Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark

Imago. Male and female. Mating wheel.
Common Bluetail 1183    (1 photos)
2022-06-21    Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark

Imago. Male. Teneral.
Common Bluetail 1054    (2 photos)
2022-08-06    Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark

Imago. Male. Sydmølletværvej.

The well-defined two-colored wingmark is an indication of a male.

Many animals present.

Common Bluetail 1063    (1 photos)
2022-08-06    Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark

Imago. Male. Sydmølletværvej.

The short spike on the back of the neck is typical of the male of this species.
Common Bluetail 1055    (1 photos)
2022-08-06    Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark

Imago. Female. Sydmølletværvej. Form: Violacea.

Common Bluetail 1056    (2 photos)
2022-08-06    Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark

Imago. Female. Sydmølletværvej. Forms: Typica (the upper animal), Rufescens (lower animal)

Both are female because of the parallel running appendages.

Common Bluetail 1057    (1 photos)
2022-08-06    Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark

Imago. Female. Sydmølletværvej. Form: Rufescens


Common Bluetail 1058    (1 photos)
2022-08-06    Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark

Imago. Female. Sydmølletværvej. Form: Violacea.

Common Bluetail 1059    (1 photos)
2022-08-06    Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark

Imago. Female. Sydmølletværvej. Form: Rufescens


Common Bluetail 1061    (1 photos)
2022-08-06    Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark

Imago. Female. Sydmølletværvej. Female of form: Rufescens

Common Bluetail 1062    (1 photos)
2022-08-06    Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark

Imago. Female. Sydmølletværvej. Form: Violacea.

Common Bluetail 1064    (1 photos)
2022-08-06    Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark

Imago. Female. Sydmølletværvej. Female of form: Rufescens

Common Bluetail 1060    (1 photos)
2022-08-06    Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark

Imago. Male and female. Sydmølletværvej. Female of form: Typica

Mating.

Common Bluetail 1079    (1 photos)
2022-08-11    Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark

Imago. Male and female. Enghøj lake. Mating wheel. Female form: Typica.

They are at it right now. Good numbers in suited habitats.
Common Bluetail 1126    (1 photos)
2022-08-17    Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark

Imago. Male.
Common Bluetail 1123    (1 photos)
2022-08-17    Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark

Imago. Female. Form Rufescens-Obsoleta.

I assume it is this form, with brownish pale thorax and no signal markings on S8-9. My first. I also expect some variation in amount of signal color. At least comparing with the one in Nordens Trollsländor, mine shows more than the one depicted in the book.
Common Bluetail 1127    (1 photos)
2022-08-17    Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark

Imago. Female. Form: Violacea.
Common Bluetail 1131    (2 photos)
2022-08-17    Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark

Imago. Female. Form: Rufescens?

It is a female, the ovipositor just showing in photo 2. But is it then a teneral rufescens and not a rufescens-obseleta because it shows signal marking on top of S8?
Common Bluetail 1124    (1 photos)
2022-08-17    Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark

Imago. Male and female. Mating wheel. Female of form Infuscans.
Common Bluetail 1125    (1 photos)
2022-08-17    Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark

Imago. Male and female. Mating wheel. Female of form Rufescens.
Common Bluetail 1128    (1 photos)
2022-08-17    Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark

Imago. Male and female. Mating wheel. Female of form: Andromorph

If only seeing the color of the female, I would have thought it to be a male, with the exact same coloration.
Common Bluetail 1130    (1 photos)
2022-08-17    Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark

Imago. Male and female. Mating wheel. Female form: Violacea.

A pale female compared to others.
Common Bluetail 1129    (1 photos)
2022-08-17    Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark

Imago.
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