About Agriocnemis pygmaea (Rambur, 1842)
This species is a small damselfly. Individuals have green eyes capped with black, and a black thorax marked with apple green stripes along its lateral sides. On segments 1 through 7 of the abdomen, the dorsal side is black and the ventral half is pale green; the remaining abdominal segments are orange-red. Very old males may develop a snowy white pruinescence on the dorsal surface of the head and thorax, which fully obscures all the underlying markings. Females are more robust than males and display multiple distinct color morphs. In red-form females, the green coloration seen in males is replaced by red. In androchrome females, coloration matches the green patterning of males. Female color variation also depends on ontogenic color change linked to sexual development. This damselfly breeds in marshes and ponds.
