Platycnemis pennipes, copula
Platycnemis pennipes (copula)
English name:White-legged Damselfly
Dutch name:Blauwe breedscheenjuffer
Photo taken at the river L'Hers near Mirepoix,
Southern France, 6th of July 1998

Note: Males of this species are pale blue, females can be anything between white, green and pale brown. The shins are very broad, almost petal-shaped. It occurs at clear streams of all kinds.

© 2005 by Antoine van der Heijden