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Jan Shields has braved the heat at Whixall Moss and been rewarded with the first Black Darters emerging in the sunshine. The photos show a teneral female and though the colours are still developing you…

Julian Cartwright has sent in some lovely photos that happen to illustrate the range of Odonate abdomen widths! These female Broad-bodied Chasers (seen on Titterstone Clee ovipositing in a wheel rut)are actually even broader than…

With all this hot weather it's now possible to get 2 dragonflies per photo! Julian Cartwright has sent in a pair of male Large Red Damselflies and Jim Almond has sent in a pair of…

Jim Almond has sent in this fabulous close up of a Broad-bodied Chaser male. These are often the first species to investigate new water bodies and having recently built our pond we have already seen…

I was lucky enough to spot a female Downy Emerald today completing emergence at a private site near Shrewsbury. She then took her maiden flight up into the tree canopy and I took the remaining…

Jim Almond has sent in the photos of this years Downy Emerald at Mousecroft Pool. So far just a single male seen, but a stunning individual with a wonderful emerald coloration and downy thorax -even…

Jim Almond has recorded Downy Emerald at Mousecroft Pool near Shrewsbury for the second year in a row! Jim's photograph is taken from last year at Mousecroft Pool when we all thought this would be…

Jim Almond has pictured a female teneral White-legged Damselfly at a private site near Shrewsbury and elsewhere they have been seen emerging from the River Severn. Like Clubtails they can be seen right in the…

Jan Shields has managed to capture 3 damselflies in one photo over her pond in Hanwood, which just goes to show what a few days sunshine can do for a boost in numbers! Having had…

Jim Almond has seen the first Common Blues at Mousecroft Pool near Shrewsbury. These 2 photos both show males: the former immature individual will gradually develop the blue coloration of the latter. Both show broad…