English name: Cerry-eyed Sprite

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

Habitat: Streams and flowing rivers, rarer in still waters. Prefers a relatively open landscape.

Distribution: Widespread across Africa as well as Israel and Jordan.
 In Israel, it is common along the Syrian-African Rift and in the valleys.

Season:  It flies between May and November.
 

Identification marks:

Male- the face and eyes are red.
The dorsal side of the thorax is dark, and the sides of the thorax are blue.
The abdomen is dark; the eighth and ninth segments are blue with a dark ring at the ends of the segments. The tenth segment is dark on its upper part and light on its lower part.
Female- yellowish.
There are thin black stripes on the dorsal side of the thorax. The back of the eye is yellowish and darkens with age.

At the end of each segment of the abdomen there is a small black spot. On the seventh through ninth segments there are large black spots.

Similar species:
The male of Red-eyed Spritetail may be confused with the male of Red-fronted Dartlet.