Species Detail - Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Dragonfly Ireland 2019 to 2024".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
Live Map

Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Live Map

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Ischnura elegans
Blue-tailed Damselfly
NHMSYS0000344179 UnverifiedUnverified
N/A
isele
(Vander Linden, 1820)
insect - dragonfly (Odonata)
Species
2380
454
108
17/05/2015
16/09/2024
16 February (recorded in 1897)
24 December (recorded in 1999)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Dragonfly Ireland 2019 to 2024, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans), accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/299/Species/78334>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)