One of our rarer damselflies, preferring base-rich runnels and streams
often within acid heathland and chalk stream water meadows.
Males and females usually occur together over
suitable stretches of stream with abundant emergent
plants, often found away from water among heather and
grasses.
The New Forest is a stronghold for this
species with several heathland boggy streams holding
good populations. They are also found among the ditches
and water meadows along the River Test and Itchen, where
there is a slight variation from the New Forest
populations.
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