Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ceriagrion tenellum

Posted by Rui Andrade on 14-12-2007 00:30
#1
Hi!

I found this zygopteran but I'm having a lot of trouble in its identification. Can anybody help me?

location: Barcelos, Portugal
date: 2007/06/23

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Edited by Rui Andrade on 03-01-2008 20:18

Posted by Isidro on 14-12-2007 05:24
#2
It's a Ceriagrion tenellum, a female.
I never saw this pretty species...

Posted by Rui Andrade on 14-12-2007 13:16
#3
Thank you IsidroWink

Posted by Iolaire on 14-12-2007 15:42
#4
It is indeed. For a moment I thought it was Pyrrhosoma nymphula but the lighter colour of the leggs give it away... The reddish pterostigma isn't very clear in this picture but it's Ceriagrion tenellum for sure.

Beautiful creature!

Posted by Rui Andrade on 14-12-2007 16:14
#5
Thank you for the confirmation IolaireSmile