English name: Wing-tailed Sprite

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

Habitat:  Still, vegetation-rich waters.

Distribution: Africa from the equator northward, as well as in Israel.
In Israel, an endemic subspecies that was once common around Lake Hula. With the draining of the marshes and water sources, it dwindled until it was last observed in 1982 and has since been considered extinct.
In 2016 was rediscovered a population along the Yarkon River from its source to Tel Aviv by Dorit Bar Zakai.
Since then, it has been found in many additional places, mainly in the Jezreel Valley, the Jordan Valley, and the Sharon.

Season:  In the country it flies at least from April to September.
 

Identification marks:

Male- the thorax is mainly green with thin black stripes on the dorsal side of the thorax.
The abdomen is dark above and green on the sides, with segments eight to ten completely blue.

Female- similar to the male, except that instead of green or blue it is light brown.
Segments 8-10 of the abdomen are sometimes completely light brown and sometimes have a little black on the dorsal side.

Similar species:
At first glance the male may appear similar to species of the genus Ischnura.