Common+Blue+Damselfly

=Common Blue Damslfly = =__Scientific Name: __ //Enallagma cyathigerum //=

__Size:__ length of body ranges from 32 mm to 35 mm and Wingspan is 38mm
==__Description of Habitat: __ This species is found around open lakes and ponds, along river and canal banks, and streams, provided there is plenty of bank side vegetation. == ==__Living Requirements:__ They have no threats as long as they continue to find clean water and plenty of marginal vegetation, they seem to be a successful species. == ==Life Cycle: Common blue damselflies appear in mid to late May and their flight period lasts right through the summer months to September. Adults live for around 12 days on average and in this short period they must breed. During mating, the male clasps the female by her neck while she bends her body around to his reproductive organs – this is called a mating wheel. The pair flies together over the water and eggs are laid within a suitable plant, just below the surface.The eggs hatch and the larvae, called nymphs, live in the water and feed on small aquatic animals. ==

 Nymphs climb out of the water up a suitable stem to moult into damselflies.
==__Male/Female Differenes: __ Males have a club-shaped black mark on second abdomi nal segment and ==