Large Red Damselfy!
The Large Red Damselfly(Pyrrhosoma nymphula) is Britain's most common red damselfly. It can be found in
most wetland habitats living around the edges of ponds, lakes, ditches and canals, and also be found away from breeding sites in grassland and woodland, but it avoids fast flowing water. The earliest damselfly to emerge, it is on the wing from the end of April through to August.
The Large Red Damselfly has black legs and dark pterostigma (wing spots)The male has a red abdomen with black markings and the thorax is black with red antehumeral stripes. The female has three colour forms ranging from mostly red to mostly black with small yellow markings. Some colour forms have red antehumeral stripes on the thorax, some have yellow stripes.
Large Red Damselfy!
The Large Red Damselfly(Pyrrhosoma nymphula) is Britain's most common red damselfly. It can be found in
most wetland habitats living around the edges of ponds, lakes, ditches and canals, and also be found away from breeding sites in grassland and woodland, but it avoids fast flowing water. The earliest damselfly to emerge, it is on the wing from the end of April through to August.
The Large Red Damselfly has black legs and dark pterostigma (wing spots)The male has a red abdomen with black markings and the thorax is black with red antehumeral stripes. The female has three colour forms ranging from mostly red to mostly black with small yellow markings. Some colour forms have red antehumeral stripes on the thorax, some have yellow stripes.