The larva, or nymph, of a blue-tailed damselfly (Ischnura elegans) clinging to pond weed at Stodmarsh National Nature Reserve

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The larva, or nymph, of a blue-tailed damselfly (Ischnura elegans) clinging to pond weed at Stodmarsh National Nature Reserve, near Canterbury, Kent. March. (Photographed in specialist photography tank and subsequently returned to wild.)

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Size: 3386px × 5100px
Location: Stodmarsh National Nature Reserve, Kent, England, UK, Europe
Photo credit: © DP Wildlife Invertebrates / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: animal, blue-tailed, damselfly, ecology, elegans, environment, insect, invertebrate, ischnura, larva, nature, nymph, wildlife