Status
Conservation status
Ireland: Least Concern
EU: Least Concern
Common, and spreading towards the northwest.
Native status
Native
Species Biology
Identification
Length: 7.8cm
Wingspan: 10.6cm
Males have a light, sky blue abdomen with a black line running down the centre of the dorsal side and greenish-blue eyes. Females have a yellow abdomen with similar markings and browner eyes. Black stripe on abdomen. Costa is bright yellow and pterostigma is brown on both. Both have an apple-green thorax.
Females resemble males but have a green rather than blue abdomen.
Adult habitat & habits
Habitat
Flight period
May to September (occasionally April, October and/or November)
Distribution
World distribution(GBIF)
Irish distribution
Temporal change
Records submitted to Data Centre in 2024
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