The bluetails are probably the best known of our damselflies with their distinctive 'tail-lights'. The bicoloured pterostigma also helps tell them apart from other bluets. Only two species occur in Belgium and most of Europe, the blue being closer to the tail tip on Scarce Bluetail. This Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans) is one of our commonest and most abundant species and easily found wherever there is some standing water.
