Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly

Ischnura pumilio · Order: Odonata · Family: Coenagrionidae

Also called: Scarce Ischnura, Small Bluetail

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Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly
Photo: Chrumps, CC BY-SA 3.0

They live across most of Europe, extend eastward to Siberia, and are found as far south as Morocco, the Azores and Madeira. They look a lot like the blue-tailed damselfly, but that species has the blue spot mainly on segment 8.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Young females are orange (aurantiaca phase) and later become greenish-brown.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

The species occurs throughout Europe except the far north. Its eastern range reaches from Asia Minor to Siberia, and it is also present in Morocco, the Azores and Madeira.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It is native to most of Europe, excluding the northern parts. Its native range also includes areas from Asia Minor to Siberia and the islands of Morocco, the Azores and Madeira.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly photo 3
Photo: Tijs Vanlaere, CC BY-SA
Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly photo 4
Photo: Dimitǎr Boevski, CC BY-SA
Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly photo 5
Photo: Dimitǎr Boevski, CC BY-SA
Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly photo 6
Photo: Dimitǎr Boevski, CC BY-SA

Same family (Coenagrionidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarce_blue-tailed_damselfly

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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