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paul m
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Registered: November 2006
Location: Sheffield, South Yorks, UK
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Sat 24, November 2007 3:34pm
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Although orange and lime green sound like 'gaudy' colours, this is quite a subtle, delicate pattern. Nice!
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Guy F
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Registered: December 2006
Posts: 449
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Sat 24, November 2007 5:09pm
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The colours had me confused for a long time! It turns out that this is what they look like while they're maturing, they go from bright orange when they've just emerged, to green when they're mature!
Guy
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paul m
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Registered: November 2006
Location: Sheffield, South Yorks, UK
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Tue 11, December 2007 12:11pm
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So why's it called 'blue-tailed'?
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Guy F
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Registered: December 2006
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Fri 28, December 2007 5:08pm
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The adult males do have a nice little blue tail 'light' so their name does make sense, but unlike the related Blue-tailed Damselfly the females never have a blue tail.
Guy
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