This thread is for anything to do with Damselflies, Dragonflies and Demoiselles. Anyone is welcome to post in it.
The 2018 thread is HERE
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Nige Flickr
Good photos
PimperneBloke said:Not sure what they are, other than last one probably a common blue? and a red eyed damsel first up?
1 Red-eyed (as you say)
2 & 3 Common Darter (yours has the leg stripes that Alan's does not have)
4 Blue-tailed Damsel
Alan beat me to it with his photos, but these are the Ruddy Darters I got last week. It's an established colony so they are already up in the North West in Lancs, although this is one of the few local spots I know of where they are resident. I saw at least half-a-dozen of them but they were all yellow so probably recently emerged.
And a close-up as Darters don't seem to mind posing for photos, unlike most other dragons
I barely had to move to get another close-up, this time an Emerald Damsel - I love their metallic paint job
Unknown said:Nice. Female Black-tailed Skimmer for the first one I think. Agree with Common Blue Damselfly. Doesn't have the "Coenagrion spur" that the other blues have. Don't ask. LOL
Thank you Tony.
I did scour the book and Google....
Folks, a fabulous collection of dragons & damsels one and all.
Mike
Flickr: Peak Rambler
I would never have seen this Common Darter in the grass if it hadn't moved. It's well-camouflaged clinging to … vetch, is it.
Impossible to get a full body shot of it down in the grass, but it let me get some good close-ups and I like the colour of the flower reflecting in the wings
And this is a shot I've wanted to get … a real close-up of one of the best and most colourful pairs of eyes in the business.
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Tony
My Flickr Photostream
Lot to learn
Absolutely fabulous photos folks, and the detail is brilliant.
Here is my meagre contribution of banded damsels, on a recent visit to Middleton Lakes.
And a futile attempt at catching one in flight with those banded wings open...
Beautifully sharp photos, Mike. Banded Demoiselles are gorgeous little insects and you've captured them really well