Immature female Blue-tailed Damselfly

Paul Iddon

This young female was among many azure blue and common blues by the canalside this morning.

Never ceases to amaze me how good their eyesight is, cos whenever I got anywhere near, they all kept taking off!


C&C as always appreciated.


Exif:


Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 450D
Image Date: 2009:06:15 10:38:36
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 105.0mm
CCD Width: 4.18mm
Exposure Time: 0.0080 s (1/125)
Aperture: f/8.0
ISO equiv: 200
Exposure Bias: -0.33
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Spot
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)





Paul .

Lord Vetinari

Lovely capture Paul - may not be that immature- think this is one of the colour morphs - Ischnura elegans, rufescens female.
Brian v.

Paul Iddon

Cheers Brian. I used ID's off another website to narrow it down and I thought I had sussed it.

The species of ALL bugs are so diverse, the mind boggles, lol...


Paul.

GOLDENORFE

nice one Paul, it is one of three colour forms of female blue tails
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

Paul Iddon

Cheers Phil..

I learn something every day!


Paul.