Damselfly and Dragonfly Pictures By Species


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This is a compilation of all the damselfly and dragonfly pictures I have taken, collected into one page and categorised according to species. If you find any mistakes or can identify any of the pictures found in the 'Unidentified Damselflies' or 'Unidentified Dragonflies' section then please let me know and I will make any appropriate updates.


Damselflies

Azure

I am currently having a hard time telling these from Common Blue damselflies. Any help would be much appreciated. :)


BlueDamselfly.jpg

Damsel3.jpg

DamselPair2.jpg

DamselPair3.jpg

Azure.jpg

AzureMatingWheel.jpg
4th June 2003 - Male
Stockley Park
5th June 2003 - Female
Stockley Park
5th June 2003 - Male-female pair mating.
Stockley Park
7th July 2005 - Male
Barnhill
25th May 2009 - Mating Wheel
Barnhill

Banded Demoiselle

This seems to be a particularly shy damselfly (atleast when I spotted it). I have only seen it once. In the end my camera batteries died before I could get a decent shot. If I see it again I will try to get a better picture. (And I did get a better one in 2009 of a Female. Still on the hunt for a Male.)


BandedDemoiselle.jpg

BandedDemoiselle1.jpg

BandedDemoiselle2.jpg

BandedDemoiselle2Zoom.jpg
28th July 2003 - Male
Stockley Park
24th May 2009 - Same Damselfly (Female).
Henley On Thames

Blue-Tailed


Damsel2.jpg

BlueTailedMale.jpg

BlueTailedHead.jpg

BlueTailedMatingWheel.jpg

SmallDamselSide.jpg

SmallDamselTop.jpg
2nd June 2003
Stockley Park
2nd June 2004
Stockley Park
2nd June 2004
Stockley Park
2nd June 2004
Stockley Park
3rd June 2004 - Immature Female
Stockley Park

Common Blue

I am currently having a hard time telling these from Azure damselflies. Any help would be much appreciated. :)


Damselfly1.jpg

Damselfly2.jpg

Damsel1.jpg

Damsel3.jpg

DarkDamselfly.jpg

Damsel1.jpg
30th May 2003 - Female
Stockley Park
2nd June 2003 - Immature Male
Stockley Park
2nd June 2003 - Immature Female
Stockley Park
4th June 2003 - Immature Female
Stockley Park
5th June 2003
Stockley Park

Damsel2.jpg

DamselOrgy.jpg

Damsel1.jpg

FemaleCommonBlue.jpg

CommonBlueMatingWheel.jpg

CommonBluesMating.jpg
5th June 2003
Stockley Park
5th June 2003 - An orgy of Common Blues in a pond.
Stockley Park
9th June 2003 - Immature
Stockley Park
24th May 2004 - Immature Female
Stockley Park
8th June 2004 - Mating Wheel
Stockley Park
15th June 2004 - Mating Pairs
Stockley Park

CommonBlue.jpg

P1230561.jpg
7th July 2005 - Male
Barnhill
6th July 2016 - Male
Park Wood

Large Red


RedDamselfly.jpg

DamselPair1.jpg

DamselPair4.jpg

LargeRedTop.jpg

LargeRedHead.jpg

LargeRed.jpg
4th June 2003 - Male
Stockley Park
5th June 2003 - Male-female pair mating.
Stockley Park
25th May 2004 - Same Damselfly (Male).
Stockley Park
1st May 2005 - Female
Barnhill

LargeRed.jpg

MaleLargeRedDamsel.jpg

P1050200.jpg
31st May 2005 - Male
Gunnersbury Triangle Nature Reserve
19th May 2007 - Male
Barnhill
3rd June 2014 - Female
Ariundle, Ardnamurchan

Red-eyed


Damsel.jpg

EmeraldDamsel.jpg
9th June 2006
Norfolk
9th June 2006 (Initially misidentified as Emerald)
Norfolk

Dragonflies

Black-Tailed Skimmer


Dragonfly.jpg

Skimmer1.jpg

Skimmer2.jpg

Skimmer3.jpg

Skimmer4.jpg

Dragonfly1.jpg

Dragonfly2.jpg
12th June 2003 - Female
Stockley Park
26th June 2003 - Male and Female skimming the lake.
Stockley Park
26th June 2003 - Same Dragonfly (Male).
Stockley Park
26th May 2004 - Same dragonfly (Female).
Stockley Park

HoveringSkimmer.jpg

FemaleBTSkimmer.jpg

FemaleBTSkimmerHead1.jpg

FemaleBTSkimmerHead2.jpg

FemaleBTSkimmerHead3.jpg

FemaleBTSHead.jpg
11th June 2004 - Male
Stockley Park
15th June 2004 - Same Dragonfly (Female).
Stockley Park
5th July 2004 - Female
Stockley Park

BTSkimmer.jpg

FemaleBTSkimmer.jpg

MaleBTSkimmer.jpg

P1170255.jpg

P1170284.jpg
6th June 2007 - Female.
Horsenden Hill
2nd May 2009 - Female.
Oaken Wood
24th June 2009 - Male.
Park Wood
11th July 2015 - Female.
Park Wood
11th July 2015 - Male.
Park Wood

Broad Bodied Chaser


BroadBodiedChaser1.jpg

BroadBodiedChaser2.jpg

BroadBodiedChaser3.jpg

MaleBBChaser.jpg

FemaleBBChaser.jpg

MaleBBChaser.jpg
13th June 2004 - Same Dragonfly (Male)
Barnhill
13th June 2004 - Male
Barnhill
27th June 2005 - Male
Gunnersbury Park
19th May 2007 - Female
Barnhill
2nd June 2007 - Male
Barnhill

BBChaser.jpg

BBChaserHead.jpg

BBChaser.jpg

FemaleBBChaser.jpg

P1160494.jpg

P1160499.jpg
18th June 2007 - Same Dragonfly (Female).
Barnhill
23rd May 2008 - Female
Park Corner Heath
23rd June 2008 - Female
Kenton
29th June 2015 - Same Dragonfly (Female)
Horsenden Hill

P1220529.jpg

P1230565.jpg
17th May 2016 - Female
Bentley Wood
6th July 2016 - Female
Park Wood

Common Darter


CommonDarter1.jpg

CommonDarter2.jpg

CommonDarter.jpg

MaleCommonDarter.jpg

MatingWheel.jpg

CommonDarter.jpg
29th July 2003 - Same Dragonfly (Female).
Stockley Park
11th August 2003 - Female
Stockley Park
12th August 2003 - Male
Stockley Park
19th September 2003 - Male and Female mating.
Stockley Park
24th September 2003 - Male closeup.
Stockley Park

CommonDarter.jpg

MatingWheel.jpg

CommonDarter.jpg

CommonDarter.jpg

CommonDartersMating.jpg

CommonDarter1.jpg

CommonDarter2.jpg
26th September 2003 - Immature Male?
Stockley Park
21st October 2003 - Male and Female mating.
Stockley Park
4th August 2005 - Female
Barnhill
15th August 2005 - Immature Male
Gunnersbury Park
15th August 2005 - Male and Female mating.
Gunnersbury Park
26th August 2005 - Same Dragonfly (Immature Male).
Gunnersbury Park

CommonDarter.jpg

CommonDarterHead1.jpg

CommonDarterHead2.jpg

CommonDarter2a.jpg

CommonDarter2b.jpg

CommonDarter.jpg
28th August 2005 - Same Dragonfly (Male).
Bicester Airfield
28th August 2005 - Same Dragonfly (Female).
Bicester Airfield
22nd July 2008 - Male
Barnhill

CommonDarter1a.jpg

CommonDarter1b.jpg
28th July 2008 - Same Dragonfly (Female).
Oversley Wood

Emperor


Emperor.jpg

Emperor1.jpg

Emperor2.jpg

Emperor.jpg
23rd June 2003
Stockley Park
13th June 2004
Barnhill
13th June 2004
Barnhill
24th June 2004
Stockley Park

Four Spotted Chaser


4SpottedChaser.jpg
9th June 2006
Norfolk

Golden Ringed Dragonfly


P1050169.jpg

P1050490.jpg

P1050517.jpg

P1050518.jpg
3rd June 2014
Ariundle, Ardnamurchan
4th June 2014 - Same Dragonfly
Fishnish, Mull

Hairy Dragonfly


DragonWheel.jpg
9th June 2006
Norfolk

Migrant Hawker


Dragonfly.jpg

Dragonfly.jpg

MigrantHawker.jpg

MigrantHawker1.jpg

MigrantHawker2.jpg

MigrantHawker.jpg
28th August 2002
Stockley Park
12th September 2002
Stockley Park
19th August 2003 - Male
Stockley Park
20th August 2003 - Same Dragonfly.
Stockley Park
24th September 2003 - Male
Stockley Park

Southern Hawker

This looks very similar to the migrant hawker, but is bigger and has a subtly different pattern, especially around the thorax and the tip of the tail.


SouthernHawkerHuge.jpg

SouthernHawker.jpg

SouthernHawkerHead.jpg

SouthernHawkerUnderside.jpg

SouthernHawkerFrontRightWingtip.jpg

SouthernHawker.jpg
30th July 2003 - Huge 1200x1600 closeup of Male.
Stockley Park
20th July 2005 - Same Dragonfly (Female).
Kenton
12th August 2008 - Female
Horsenden Hill

Unidentified Dragonflies

If you know what species these dragonflies are please let me know!


P1050180.jpg

P1050184.jpg
3rd June 2014
Ariundle, Ardnamurchan
3rd June 2014
Ariundle, Ardnamurchan

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