Speerwaterjuffer (Coenagrion hastulatum)
• English name: Spearhead Bluet
• German name: Speer-Azurjungfer
• French name: Agrion à fer de lance
• Dutch name: Speerwaterjuffer
• Swedish name: Spjutflickslända
• Norwegian name: Vanlig blåvannymfe
• Finnish name: Keihästytönkorento
• Danish name: Spyd-vandnymfe
• Italian name: Azzurrina alpina
• Czech name: šidélko kopovité
• Slovenian name: Barjanski škratec
• Bulgarian name: Торфено пъстриче
Speerwaterjuffer
(Coenagrion hastulatum)
Not present
Present before 1990
Present after 1990
Present before and after 1990
Present after 2015
Map data based on J.-P. Boudot & V. J. Kalkman (eds.),
Atlas of the European Dragonflies and Damselflies
| General | • a small species which occurs in central and (north-)eastern Europe | |
| Classification | • suborder: Zygoptera (damselflies); family: Coenagrionidae | |
| Conservation status | • IUCN Red List Europe: Least Concern | |
| Scientific name | • Coenagrion hastulatum (Charpentier, 1825) | |
| Name genus | • Coenagrion: from Grk. κοινός = common, widespread +; ἄγριος = wild, living in the fields | |
| Name species | • hastulatum: from Lat. hastulatus, -a, -um = equipped with a little spear ⇒ for the spear-shaped mark on the male's S2 | |
| Distribution | • click or tap the Map button above | |
| Habitat | • well-vegetated ponds and lakes, especially with acidic water | |
| Dimensions | • typical body length: 31-33 mm; hindwing: 16-22 mm | |
| Notes | • similar to C. lunulatum | |
| Both sexes | Head | ➤ the underside of the eyes is green |
| Wings | • the pterostigma is uniformly dark grey to black | |
| Male | Head | ➤ the postocular spots are connected by a sky-blue line; by contrast, male C. lunulatum lacks such a line |
| Abdomen | ➤ the black mark on S2 resembles a spearhead | |
| Female | Thorax | • the thorax is black and green |
| • the hind margin of the pronotum is V-shaped with a tiny lobe in the middle; see also the LineDrawing below | ||
| Abdomen | ➤ the top of the abdomen is all black | |
| Photographs | • most of our photos below were made in Austria and Bavaria |
LineDrawing: the female's pronotum in dorsal and lateral view.
