Species Detail - Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "iNaturalist Dragonfly Species Records for Ireland".

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

Species image

Ischnura elegans
Ischnura elegans
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Common Bluetail, Common Ischnura
N/A
isele
(Vander Linden, 1820)
insect - dragonfly (Odonata)
Species
28
19
17
27/07/2007
24/07/2021
16 February (recorded in 1897)
24 December (recorded in 1999)
iNaturalist, iNaturalist Dragonfly Species Records for Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans), accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/388/Species/78334>

Records per month (across all datasets)

National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans), image, accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/388/Species/78334>

Records per year (across all datasets)

National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans), image, accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/388/Species/78334>