Ruddy Darter
The weather wasn't excellent brilliant for a lot of insects earlier this afternoon. Dull, dark skies with persistent light rain but there were still quite a few dragonflies and damselflies around some of the local ponds, including this one, my first Ruddy Darter of the year.
Having seen my first Common Darter of the year yesterday I thought it may have been another one but upon closer inspection through the camera, I realised this one was in fact a Ruddy. Unlike Common Darters which have black legs with light brown lines, these have completely black legs.
Ruddy Darter
The weather wasn't excellent brilliant for a lot of insects earlier this afternoon. Dull, dark skies with persistent light rain but there were still quite a few dragonflies and damselflies around some of the local ponds, including this one, my first Ruddy Darter of the year.
Having seen my first Common Darter of the year yesterday I thought it may have been another one but upon closer inspection through the camera, I realised this one was in fact a Ruddy. Unlike Common Darters which have black legs with light brown lines, these have completely black legs.