Spearhead bluet
Coenagrion hastulatum (Charpentier, 1825)
Status not recordeddragonflies
The spearhead bluet (Coenagrion hastulatum) is a species in the family Coenagrionidae, order Odonata. Recorded adults reach 3.3 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the spearhead bluet
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- 3.1 cm – 3.3 cm
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivore
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- freshwater, wetland
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Active
- By day (diurnal)
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the spearhead bluet?
Where does the spearhead bluet live?
Not recorded
Is the spearhead bluet endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the spearhead bluet classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderOdonata
- familyCoenagrionidae
- genusCoenagrion
- SpeciesCoenagrion hastulatum (Charpentier, 1825)
Synonyms Agrion elegantulum, Agrion hastulatum
Other names and names in other languages (39)
- Northern blue damselflyEnglish
- Northern CoenagrionEnglish
- Northern damselflyEnglish
- Planinski plavacBosnian
- Donzell llancerCatalan
- šidélko kopovitéCzech
- Mursen Las y GogleddWelsh
- Spyd-vandnymfeDanish
- SpeerazurjungferGerman
- Azulado montañésSpanish
- OdaliidrikEstonian
- keihästytönkorentoFinnish
- Agrion hastéFrench
- cruinneag a' chinn a TuathScottish Gaelic
- Donceliña lanceoladaGalician
- Sjeverna vodendjevojčicaCroatian
- Azzurrina alpinaItalian
- 북방청띠실잠자리Korean
- Ietinė StrėliukėLithuanian
- spydblåvannymfeNorwegian Bokmål
- SpeerwaterjufferDutch
- spydblåvassnymfeNorwegian Nynorsk
- łątka stawowaPolish
- Стрелка копьеноснаяRussian
- šidielko kopijovitéSlovak
- Barjanski škratecSlovenian
- Bluja kokështizëAlbanian
- Gorska plava devicaSerbian
- spjutflicksländaSwedish
- Стрілка списоноснаUkrainian
- šidélko rašelinnéCzech
- Mursennod Glas y GogleddWelsh
- Speer-AzurjungferGerman
- Agrion boreoalpinoSpanish
- Agrion à Fer de LanceFrench
- cruinneagan a' chinn a TuathScottish Gaelic
- vanlig blåvannymfeNorwegian Bokmål
- łątka halabardówkaPolish
- T-tecknad flicksländaSwedish
Relatives of the spearhead bluet
Other species in the same genus Coenagrion.

Azure damselfly
Coenagrion puella
Variable bluet
Coenagrion pulchellum
Mercury bluet
Coenagrion mercuriale
Dainty bluet
Coenagrion scitulum
Dark bluet
Coenagrion armatum
Crescent bluet
Coenagrion lunulatum
CompareSpearhead bluet vs Azure damselflySpearhead bluet vs Variable bluetSpearhead bluet vs Mercury bluetSpearhead bluet vs Dainty bluet
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the spearhead bluet?
An adult spearhead bluet measures 3.1 cm – 3.3 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the spearhead bluet?
The spearhead bluet (Coenagrion hastulatum) belongs to the family Coenagrionidae in the order Odonata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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