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Whilst I cower in the shade Jan Shields has been out in the midday sun at Cramer Gutter enjoying the first sightings of Keeled Skimmers. These dragonflies are fairly discreet, but well worth the effort…

Darters can present a challenge with respect to identification and it's always worth taking a good look at your photos. At first glance you may well think the photo (left) is a Common Darter, but…

I almost knew as I typed the words 'there'll be no more White-faced Darters' that I was tempting fate...and here we are with a photo from John Kirkland taken on 16th July at Whixall Moss.…

Stephen Barlow reports that White-faced Darters are now very few and far between on Whixall Moss. On July 14th he found just 1 solitary male pictured left and Stephen knows all the best places to…

Miles Leach noticed this female Southern Hawker emerging from his garden pond and was surprised to find it still there the following day...and a few days after that. On closer inspection there was no sign…

Julie Rogers has sent in more great photos taken near the canal at Whixall Moss. This immature female White-legged Damselfly (left) is really pale with barely any markings and referred to as form lactea. She…

Yes, exuviae are rather brown and drab, but they are also the most important biological records as they are proof that a species has successfully bred at a particular waterbody. In this case Andy Warr…

Well 2 garden favourites really...raspberries and Southern Hawkers! Liz Honer has sent in this lovely photo of a male Southern Hawker...still maturing as the colours are quite pale, but the diagnostic abdominal markings are very…

After writing the last post I thought it was time for some 'textbook' dragonflies and Nick Moss has sent in this perfectly straight male Golden-ringed Dragonfly..and what's more this wasn't in his living room, but…

Theresa Jones has had the extraordinary experience of wondering into her living room to find a Golden-ringed Dragonfly! Even stranger, Theresa's living room is not surrounded by typical Golden-ringed habitat, but in Longden just southwest…