Variable Bluet

The variable damselfly or variable bluet (Coenagrion pulchellum) is a European damselfly. Despite its name, it is not the only blue damselfly prone to variable patterning.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Variable Bluet being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Coenagrion castellani
• Coenagrion lanceolatum
• Coenagrion ornatum
• Coenagrion johanssoni
• Coenagrion lunulatum
• Coenagrion puella

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Odonata

Family

Coenagrionidae

Genus

Coenagrion

Species

Coenagrion pulchellum

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