Damselflies from around the world
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Spotted whilst walking my dog by the River Stour near Bournemouth, Dorset. I loved the bokeh and colours.
Seen here perching on a Flowering Rush (Butomus umbellatus) waiting for passing females to fly by. The female of this species can lay about 10 eggs per minute for up to 45 minutes and will often submerge her self when laying her eggs into a wide variety of emerging and floating plants. With an adult length off 45mm the Banded and Beautiful Demoiselle are the UK's largest species of Damselflies. A stunning looking species of damselfly that can be seen on the wing from May to September along slow flowing rivers and streams in the UK but rare in northern England and absent from Scotland.
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Damselflies laying eggs
a dangerous moment for them
Tried to have them both in focus
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Damselfly or water damselfly (Zygoptera) is a suborder of the dragonflies (Odonata), which are subdivided into 19 families with about 2600 species.
Taken at Curborough Lakes, Lichfield.
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Damselflies taking advantage of the sunny day near the pond where they later laid their fertilized eggs. (Coenagrion scitulum).
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Caballitos del diablo aprovechando el día soleado cerca del estanque donde despues pusieron sus huevos fertilizados. (Coenagrion scitulum).
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Emerald Damselfly
Also known as the spreadwing as it belongs to a group of damsels which mostly perch with their wings open like a true dragonfly, rather than held closed along the length of the abdomen like most other damsels.
Their metallic green casings make them unlikely to be confused with any other species (in our region at least), the only other metallic green damsel being the female Banded Demoiselle, but colour is the only thing they have in common, the demoiselles are obviously bigger, longer legged, are green in their entirety and the wings are very large in comparison and tinted green, plus they are usually only found on rivers, emeralds very rarely are.
The last of the damsels to emerge, they aren't usually seen until July, and will be the only damsel remaining in late season, lasting through September.
Not a great quality, but it captures something I've never seen before: a small damselfly landed on a butterfly and spent some time sitting on it. The butterfly did not seem to object.
Observed at the Heinz Wildlife Refuge
Explored 1/20/23 at #236. That's a good number.
Damselfly or water damselfly (Zygoptera) is a suborder of the dragonflies (Odonata), which are subdivided into 19 families with about 2600 species.
Damselfly or water damselfly (Zygoptera) is a suborder of the dragonflies (Odonata), which are subdivided into 19 families with about 2600 species.
Taken at Croxall Lakes, Staffordshire
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The metallic-green Emerald damselfly can be seen from June to September around ponds, lakes, ditches and canals. Unlike other damselflies, it holds its wings half-open when perched.
The Emerald damselfly is a medium-sized damselfly that lives among lush vegetation around the edges of ponds, lakes, ditches and canals. When perched, Emerald damselflies have a habit of holding their wings half-open, rather than closed along the length of their body like other damselflies. The last species of damselfly to emerge in the UK each year, they are on the wing from the end of June to September.