Common Blue Damselfly

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This damselfly readily colonises new ponds and is often one of the first species to appear, being able to tolerate a wide range of habitat and water conditions. Favours large stretches of water on heaths, commons and salt marshes, sometimes breeding in the brackish waters. It is a holarctic species occurring east to Mongolia and west to North America, and will be found throughout most of Europe, although it becomes more local in the Mediterranean region. Common on larger gravel pits and canals.