Species Comparison Charts

These are my Comparison Charts showing distinguishing features between similar species or between genders of the same species.

Zygoptera (Damselflies)

• Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura)
  • Blue-tailed Damselfly: colour forms (I. elegans)
  • Blue-tailed Damselfly: male vs female (I. elegans)
  • Blue-tailed Damselfly (I. elegans) vs Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly (I. pumilio)
• Bluets/Blue-striped damselflies (Enallagma/Coenagrion)
  • male GB Bluets ♂
  • male GB Bluets ♂ (monochrome)
  • female GB Bluets ♀
  • Common Blue vs Azure ♂
  • Azure vs Variable – pairs ♂+♀
  • Azure ♂ Variability
  • Azure vs Variable female pronotums ♀
• Demoiselles (Calopteryx)
• Large Red Damselfly: Gender & Maturity (Pyrrhosoma nymphula)
• Red-eyed damseflies/Brighteyes (Erythromma)
  • Comparison: Redeyes (Erythromma)
  • Large Redeye Maturity Variations (Erythromma najas)
• Spreadwings/Emerald damselflies (Lestes/Chalcolestes)
  • Comparison: Male and Female Spreadwings
  • Comparison: Female Common vs Robust Spreadwing

Anisoptera (Dragonflies)

• Darters (Sympetrum)
  • male ♂
  • female ♀
• Blue/Pruinose dragonflies (Libellula/Orthetrum)
• Hawkers (Aeshna +)
  • Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta) vs Moorland/Common Hawker (Aeshna juncea)
  • Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta) vs Southern Migrant hawker (Aeshna affinis)
  • Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta) gender differences
  • Blue/Southern Hawker (Aeshna cyanea) colour forms
  • Blue/Southern Hawker (Aeshna cyanea) gender differences
• Flangetails (Ictinogomphus) non-UK
• Gender differentiation
  • Common Darter: gender determination (Sympetrum striolatum)
  • Black-tailed Skimmer: immature Male vs Female (Orthetrum cancellatum)
  • Broad-bodied Chaser: immature Male vs Female (Libellula depressa)
  • Four-spotted Chaser: Male vs Female (Libellula quadrimaculata)
  • Migrant Hawker gender differences (Aeshna mixta)