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Jim Almond has spotted this fabulous female Variable Damselfly at a private site near Shrewsbury. The photographs illustrate the challenges of identification. Variables (as the name suggests) can be very Variable and the females are…

Maria Justamond has sent in this lovely photo of  Blue-tailed Damselfly seen at Upton Magna on 26th April. The females of this species have a number of different colour forms...5 to be precise! This is…

Stephen Barlow has sent in this photo of a male Large Red Damselfly at Whixall Moss which shows the beautiful deep red coloration once this species matures. Whixall Moss always seems to be the earliest…

Sian Mercer has sent in the first 2021 photo of White-faced Darter seen during a morning stroll on 25th April. The photo shows an immature male with glassy wings typical of recently emerged individuals and…

More fabulous sunshine and Stephen Barlow reported the first Four-spotted Chaser from Whixall Moss on 22nd April pictured left. He also is seeing good numbers of Large Red Damselflies on the moss. Having scoured my pond…

Stephen Barlow has sent in 2 great photos of Large Red Damselfly taken at Whixall Moss where 'multiple individuals' are now emerging. Above left is a female (form typica) with a stouter body than the…

The first Large Red Damselfly sighting has come in from Stephen Barlow at Whixall Moss. Just one individual seen on Thursday 15th April which took to the skies before a photo could be taken! Really…

...well a dog bed to be precise! Graham Wenman has sent in some photos of the Large Red Damselfly larvae he found residing in his 'dog bed pond'. The larvae are squat and distinctive and…

Inspired by the warmth in the sun yesterday I was sifting a few leaves off the garden pond and unexpectedly pulled out a number of larvae; 2 huge chasers and a good few Large Red…

Stephen Barlow may have been unexpectedly dodging the 'un-forecast' showers on Whixall Moss, but he knew where to look and found this male Black Darter basking in the brief sunny spells in between! A nice record for…