Norfolk damselfly
The Norfolk damselfly is a slim damselfly with a black body. Its tail has bright coloured bits at both ends. It lives by ponds, ditches and slow rivers across the north of Europe and Asia.
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Fun facts
It used to live in a small part of Norfolk in England, but it disappeared there. It was last seen in Britain in 1968.
It vanished from Norfolk because the water got too full of nutrients, and it cannot stand that.
In the Netherlands people thought it was gone for good, but it was found there again in 1999.
The female lays her eggs inside the stems and leaves of water plants.
Males like to sit on floating leaves, and it is a strong flier for a damselfly.
Most asked questions about Norfolk damselfly
?Why is it called the Norfolk damselfly?
It was found in 1903 in the Norfolk Broads in England, the only place in Britain where it lived.
?Does the Norfolk damselfly still live in Britain?
No. It has not been seen there since 1968, but it is common in north-eastern Europe.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Coenagrion armatum
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Coenagrionidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Coenagrionidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
- Also known as
- Norfolk coenagrion, Dark bluet
Where the facts come from
- Norfolk damselfly (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 This image is created by user martijn versluijs at Observation.org , a global biodiversity recording project.. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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