English name: Powdered Featherleg

The genus name was given to it thanks to its legs with prominent bristles that look like feathers.

Size:  Medium-sized damselfly (3-4 cm).
 

Habitat: Standing or slowly flowing water with dense vegetation.

Distribution: Eastern Mediterranean: Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq.
 In Israel it can be seen only at the northernmost end of the Hula Valley.

Season:  Flies March-September.  
 

Identification marks:

The male- covered with a bluish powder that covers its entire body.
The female- similar to Platycnemis latipes. Distinguished by the narrow leg, and by a black mark on the dorsal part of each abdominal segment ending with two dots at the end of each segment.