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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.
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Damsel.jpg |
EmeraldDamsel.jpg |
9th June 2006 Norfolk |
9th June 2006 (Initially misidentified as Emerald) Norfolk |
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 |
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 |
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.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 |
4SpottedChaser.jpg |
9th June 2006 Norfolk |
P1050169.jpg |
P1050490.jpg |
P1050517.jpg |
P1050518.jpg |
3rd June 2014 Ariundle, Ardnamurchan |
4th June 2014 - Same Dragonfly Fishnish, Mull |
DragonWheel.jpg |
9th June 2006 Norfolk |
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 |
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 |
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30th July 2003 - Huge 1200x1600 closeup of Male. Stockley Park |
20th July 2005 - Same Dragonfly (Female). Kenton |
12th August 2008 - Female Horsenden Hill |
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 |