English name:  Small Bluetail

Size:  Small damselfly (2.5-3 cm).

Habitat:  Shallow standing water, usually with sparse vegetation.

Distribution: From almost all of Europe, as well as North Africa and the Middle East to Siberia and Mongolia.

In Israel it flies in the north of the country and mainly in the Hula Valley.

Season:  It flies from the end of March to the end of September (according to data from Turkey).  

Identification marks:
Male-  The sides of the thorax are green or blue, and the shoulder stripes (antehumeral) are also the same color.
The upper part of the abdomen is dark; the ninth segment and part of the eighth segment of the abdomen are blue. The wing spots (pterostigma) are not the same size (larger on the forewing than on the hindwing) – hence its Hebrew name.

Females- in the genus Ischnura the females are very similar and distinguishing between them is difficult and not always possible.

Similar species:
Male- all members of the genus Ischnura, as well as Ischnura elegans, are very similar to one another, and one must look closely to identify them with certainty.