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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…

Finally against the 'hungry birds odds' a Southern Hawker has successfully emerged from Jan Shields pond! Lovely to see these garden pond favourites on the wing and if you have a close encounter with a…

Miles Leach has been keeping an eye on a friends new farm pond on the western slopes of Brown Clee Hill and has photographed Broad-bodied Chasers (left) and Azure Damselflies (below left). Broad-bodied Chasers are…

...well both called 'common' but that's misleading! Pictured left is a female teneral Common Darter - a common and widespread species found at almost any kind of waterbody from mid/late summer onwards. This individual was…

Black Darters have been seen by Gareth and Nicole Lambe on Whixall Moss and they have sent in 2 lovely photos of females.  The upper photo shows clearly the black triangle shape on top of…