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Mercury bluet vs Variable bluet

The variable bluet is longer: 3.8 cm against 3.1 cm for the mercury bluet, about 23% longer.

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Mercury bluet

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Variable bluet

What is the difference between a mercury bluet and a variable bluet?

Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.

  • The variable bluet is longer: 3.8 cm against 3.1 cm for the mercury bluet, about 23% longer.
  • Both belong to the genus Coenagrion, so they are close relatives.

Side by side

Mercury bluetVariable bluet
Scientific nameCoenagrion mercurialeCoenagrion pulchellum
FamilyCoenagrionidaeCoenagrionidae
OrderOdonataOdonata
WeightNot recordedNot recorded
Length2.7 cm – 3.1 cm3.4 cm – 3.8 cm
LifespanNot recordedNot recorded
Main foodNot recordedNot recorded
Habitatfreshwater, riverinefreshwater, wetland
Conservation statusNot recordedNot recorded
Countries recordedNot recordedNot recorded

Which is bigger?

MERCURY BLUET · 3.1 CMVARIABLE BLUET · 3.8 CM
Greatest recorded body length, drawn to the same scale: Mercury bluet 3.1 cm, Variable bluet 3.8 cm.

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