Damselflies are similar to dragonflies, but the adults can be distinguished by the fact that the wings of most damselflies are held along, and parallel to, the body when at rest.
The azure damselfly has a body length of 30mm. Males are bright blue and black with dark blue eyes. Females have similar markings to males except their colour varies between blue, yellow, green and white, and the black markings are often more extensive. When at rest, their wings are folded up behind the abdomen.
We are very lucky to have a nice sized fishing pond behind our house which is well looked after by the local social club and the Azure damselflies inhabit this well-vegetated pond and we see them flying around the garden most sunny days through May to mid September as well as lots and lots of cabbage and red admiral butterflies plus some decent sized dragon flies.
Damselflies are weak fliers compared to dragonflies. They rest and wait for an insect to approach and then fly rapidly to catch them in the air. They have large eyes which allow them to accurately pin-point the position of their prey, which is caught with the damselflys legs and eaten at rest.

This damselfly was unlikely to catch any insects sitting on the blind pull string so helped it back out into the garden looks like a good day ahead in sunny Cheshire