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Old 29-07-2011, 07:36 AM
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I was going through my Damsel Fly pictures discarding some and nearly deleted this one. It isn't that great a picture but it is of a Blue-tailed Damselfly which makes three different species breeding at my local loch

Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans


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Super shot - the green and blue just set each other off.

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Old 29-07-2011, 09:47 AM
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Thank you.

This is the third species.

Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum

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Superb shots! Thanks Fishtales.
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