Blue featherleg

Platycnemis pennipes
White-legged damselflies (Platycnemididae)

♂

Blue featherlegon RikenMon's Nature-Guide

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Light coloured damselfly with distinctive double shoulder line and 2 pairs of widened rear shin legs. The ♂ is pale blue to almost white with variable dark markings on the rear. The ♀ is beige to light green with a wide dark band on the rear that is sometimes broken or even missing in the centre.

Prefers slow-flowing streams or still waters with some vegetation for hiding, often in groups. 

⇔ l. 35-37 mm

LA:
Many COENAGRIONIDAE (Pond-damselflies) are blue but without the widened shin legs and with a different marking on the breast.

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