Same species, different colour

[Brachytron]

I've long been fascinated by the variety of colour forms in female Blue-tailed Damselflies, so was lucky enough to find two of the three forms ovipositing.

This is the male-like androchrome form.

Blue-tailed Damselfly by Mark Tyrrell, on Flickr

and this is the rufescens-obsolete form

Blue-tailed Damselfly by Mark Tyrrell, on Flickr

Thanks for looking

 

[sbowler579]

Two beautifully detailed images there very well done. Mark.