Jim Almond has sent in some photos of 'the blues' illustrating some of the differences between them. Variable Damselfly (male left, female below left) is a rare find in Shropshire and the male in this…
adminMay 18, 2022
Graham Wenman has sent in these photos of recently emerged Large Red Damselflies. He also found 3 exuviae proving they had succesfully bred in his pond...which is a repurposed dog bed! This is proof that…
adminMay 13, 2022
The first Common Clubtails for this year have been seen emerging from the River Severn in Shrewsbury. Mike Ashton saw this individual sadly looking worse for wear near the main car park. It's worth keeping…
adminMay 12, 2022
Julian Cartwright has been enjoying good numbers of Large Red Damselflies at Boyne Water on Brown Clee Hill. As well as seeing over 30 individuals Julian took this wonderful close up photo. You can see…
adminMay 9, 2022
Stephen Barlow has sent in the first photo of Azure Damselfly seen up at Whixall Moss. Here we see a teneral female already clearly showing the short dark line (coenagrion spur) on the side of…
adminMay 8, 2022
Stephen Barlow recently noticed a White-faced Darter take it's maiden flight post emergence. He grabbed his camera to photograph the individual where it landed only to see a Common Lizard leap into the frame and…
adminMay 8, 2022
Jim Almond has sent in this rather strange photo of a recently emerged Large Red Damselfly that hasn't quite finished the job. So often we see individuals deformed by nearby obstacles, overcrowding or being battered…
adminMay 4, 2022
Nothing like a sunny spell to get things underway! Jim Almond has seen Broad-bodied Chaser emerging from his pond near Shrewsbury (below right) and has also seen the far less common Variable Damselfly whilst surveying…
adminApril 30, 2022
Stephen Barlow has sent in this lovely sequence of a White-faced Darter emerging at Whixall Moss. Thinking this may be the first he then saw a second individual with black and yellow coloration far more developed…
adminApril 30, 2022