Blue riverdamsel
The blue riverdamsel is a slim damselfly in bright sky blue and black. Its pale blue eyes are dark on top, like it is wearing a little cap. It rests on plants at the edges of ponds and streams.
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Fun facts
On its back, near the front of its tail, there is a black mark shaped like a little cup.
The female is bluish green with orange instead of black.
It only lives in the lowlands. In the nearby hills a different damselfly takes its place.
In 2026 scientists found that the look-alikes in Australia and the Pacific are really different species.
Most asked questions about Blue riverdamsel
?How big is the blue riverdamsel?
About 38 millimetres long, about as long as your little finger.
?Where can you see a blue riverdamsel?
In India and Sri Lanka, near ponds, lakes and streams, often resting on water plants.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Pseudagrion microcephalum
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Coenagrionidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Coenagrionidae
- Lives on
- Asia
- Also known as
- Blue sprite, Blue grass dart
Where the facts come from
- Blue riverdamsel (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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