Coenagrion pulchellum, female
Coenagrion pulchellum (female, most common forma)
Coenagrion pulchellum, female
Coenagrion pulchellum (female, forma nigrescens)
English name: Variable Damselfly
Dutch name: Variabele waterjuffer
Photos taken at the Kromme Rade near Hilversum, NL, spring 2002, and Goudse Hout, 18th of May 2004.

Note: There's quite a lot of different formas of this species. That's why it's called the Variable Damselfly. The Dutch name means exactly the same.

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© 2005 by Antoine van der Heijden