Categories David Common blue damselfly, female, on bullrush leaf Post author By David Post date 24 June 2016 Looking semi-transparent and much less conspicuous than the male of the species, this is a female common blue damselfly, currently at rest on the leaf of one of the bullrushes in Compton Park pool. ← Nesting herons, both birds about at once → On guard, fishing, preening, near the nest