English name:  Dainty Bluet

Size:  Medium-sized damselfly (3-4cm).
 

Habitat:  Bodies of water with dense vegetation.

Distribution: Europe and North Africa to Central Asia.

Season:  Flies from mid-May to the end of July (according to data from Turkey).  

Identification features:

Blue-black damselfly.
The Coenagrions in Israel are distinguished by narrow shoulder (antehumeral) stripes and wide, large spots between the eyes.
Distinguished from the Syrian Coenagrion by the fact that on abdominal segments three and four (S3-4) the black spots have short projections on the sides of the abdomen that do not reach the end of the segment.

Similar species:
The other damselflies in Israel whose color is blue-black are the Syrian Coenagrion and the Azure Darter.

In the attached photo, the important identification details are visible: the narrow blue markings behind the eye, and the black projections on the sides of the abdomen that do not come close to the ends of the segments.