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Blue Sprite Damselfly - Pseudagrion microcephalumFAMILY COENAGRIONIDAE
This page contains information and pictures about Blue Sprite Damselflies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia. Blue Sprite Damselflies are one of the most common damselflies found in Brisbane waters. They can easily be found near running water or still water. They usually rest on the plants either in the middle of ponds or at the water edges. In a sunny winter day, they may be the only damselfly still flying over the water, although only a few of them can be seen. In summer, large number of them completing for a good perching position with other damselflies. The pictures in this page are mostly taken at Wishart along Bulimba Creek and at the large ponds in Mt Coot-tha Botanic Garden.
Quite a number of species of damselflies found in Brisbane are in blue colour and look similar. Our Australian Dragonfly Society President, Deniss Reeves, advised that we can tell it is a Blue Sprite Damselfly by its Blue eyes and bright face. The male Blue Sprite Damselfly has its blue thorax with black marks. Its long and slender abdomen is black in colour with blue rings. There is the blue tip at the end of abdomen. The female are look the same except pale blue to grayish-green in colour. When Blue Sprite Damselflies are at rest, they held their wings closely folded up vertically over their thorax.
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