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swhite99
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Can anybody ID this for me please? Pictured in the grass at Moore Nature Reserve today.
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Davidk
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Teneral female Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum).
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Much obliged - thank you.
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And this one? Is it a blue tailed Damselfly?
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Post by Davidk »

Yes, it's a Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans).

There are images of all the Cheshire species on my website: http://www.brocross.com/dfly/dfly.htm
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