Identification
abdomen blue only on segments 8 & 9 -- blue on top and bottom touch along sides. Four tiny blue dots on top of thorax.
teneral:
Andromorphic females will have a blue 8th abdominal segment only, with no blue, or only blue spots, on 9th segment; males have 8th & 9th segments blue.
teneral:
Young female - orange:
Pink bodied females with various amounts of blue:
Blue on 8 with spots on 9:
Blue on 8, none on 9:
patchy blue on 8:
Blue females:
Mature females:
Habitat
Marshy edges of lakes, ponds, and slow streams
See Also
Ischnura damula is very similar and we may not be able to separate them in areas where their ranges overlap. But damula does not range into southern British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, and western Wyoming. So all similar images in those areas can be assumed to be Ischnura cervula.
