The Damselfly and Dragonfly Piccies Page

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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
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

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.

BandedDemoiselle.jpg

28th July 2003 Stockley Park

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

7th July 2005 - Male Barnhill

Emerald

EmeraldDamsel.jpg

9th June 2006 Norfolk

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
31st May 2005 - Male Gunnersbury Triangle Nature Reserve	19th May 2007 - Male Barnhill

Unidentified Damselflies

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

Damsel.jpg

9th June 2006 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

6th June 2004 - Female. Horsenden Hill

Broad Bodied Chaser

BroadBodiedChaser1.jpg	BroadBodiedChaser2.jpg	BroadBodiedChaser3.jpg	MaleBBChaser.jpg
13th June 2004 - Same Dragonfly (Male). Barnhill		13th June 2004 - Male Barnhill	27th June 2005 - Male Gunnersbury Park

FemaleBBChaser.jpg	MaleBBChaser.jpg	BBChaser.jpg	BBChaserHead.jpg	BBChaser.jpg	FemaleBBChaser.jpg
19th May 2007 - Female Barnhill	2nd June 2007 - Male Barnhill	18th June 2007 - Same Dragonfly (Female). Barnhill		23rd May 2008 - Female Park Corner Heath	23rd June 2008 - Female Kenton

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

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!

British Dragonfly Society
Digital Dragonflies (USA)
Dragonflies of the Hampshire & Surrey Borders
Dragonflies and Damselflies
Also thanks to Ian Rippey for helping me identify some of my damselflies and dragonflies.