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Identify the insect

eileenoeileeno Posts: 19
in Wildlife gardening
can anyone tell me what the insect I have attached a photo of. You may need to enlarge, the insect is very small size of a tooth pick, bright blue, wings the length of its body, very much like a dragonfly but tiny. Many thanks

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  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    That is the common blue damselfly. Always lovely to see them in the garden B)
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    One of the  damselflies ... gorgeous little thing ... we get a lot of them, and the red ones, around here in Norfolk .... may be an Azure Damselfly but I can't see it clearly enough to ID properly ... lots of helpful info here 

    https://british-dragonflies.org.uk/species/azure-damselfly  

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    That's a useful link. It could be an azure but the shoulder stripes looked thinner in the pic. Could be the angle though.

    This ID guide on Dove's link is really helpful

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • eileenoeileeno Posts: 19
    Thank you , everyone. And thank you Dovesfrom above and Wild Edge. It was beautiful will check the link attached. 😎Eileen in Bolton
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