{"id":17634,"date":"2012-07-18T22:49:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-18T20:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/blue-tailed-damselfly-ischnura-elegans\/"},"modified":"2020-12-20T12:48:23","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T11:48:23","slug":"blue-tailed-damselfly-ischnura-elegans","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/insects\/blue-tailed-damselfly-ischnura-elegans\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Blue-tailed Damselfly, Ischnura elegans, is a European damselfly. Damselfly nymphs are aquatic, and prey on small aquatic insects or other aquatic larvae. The adult damselflies prey on small flying insects, caught using their legs like a basket to scoop the prey up while flying, or insects taken from leaves.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-80-17634\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-499\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blue-tailed-damselfly-ischnura-elegans\/blue-tailed-damselfly-ischnura-elegans-7.jpg\" title=\"Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blue-tailed-damselfly-ischnura-elegans\/thumbs\/thumbs_blue-tailed-damselfly-ischnura-elegans-7.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-498\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blue-tailed-damselfly-ischnura-elegans\/blue-tailed-damselfly-ischnura-elegans-6.jpg\" title=\"Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blue-tailed-damselfly-ischnura-elegans\/thumbs\/thumbs_blue-tailed-damselfly-ischnura-elegans-6.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-497\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blue-tailed-damselfly-ischnura-elegans\/blue-tailed-damselfly-ischnura-elegans-5.jpg\" title=\"Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blue-tailed-damselfly-ischnura-elegans\/thumbs\/thumbs_blue-tailed-damselfly-ischnura-elegans-5.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-496\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blue-tailed-damselfly-ischnura-elegans\/blue-tailed-damselfly-ischnura-elegans-4.jpg\" title=\"Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blue-tailed-damselfly-ischnura-elegans\/thumbs\/thumbs_blue-tailed-damselfly-ischnura-elegans-4.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-495\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blue-tailed-damselfly-ischnura-elegans\/blue-tailed-damselfly-ischnura-elegans-3.jpg\" title=\"Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blue-tailed-damselfly-ischnura-elegans\/thumbs\/thumbs_blue-tailed-damselfly-ischnura-elegans-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-494\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blue-tailed-damselfly-ischnura-elegans\/blue-tailed-damselfly-ischnura-elegans-2.jpg\" title=\"Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blue-tailed-damselfly-ischnura-elegans\/thumbs\/thumbs_blue-tailed-damselfly-ischnura-elegans-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-493\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blue-tailed-damselfly-ischnura-elegans\/blue-tailed-damselfly-ischnura-elegans-1.jpg\" title=\"Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans) at Gubbeen, Co. 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