Well we haven't seen it, but there's proof right here! Yvonne from Cross Houses has sent in these great exuvia shots- complete with measurements. The Emperor exuvia is really unlike anything else in this country…
adminMay 12, 2020
Jan Shields has seen Banded Demoiselles on the River Severn at Shrewsbury and this lovely photo (left) shows clearly the band of pigment on the wing of the male. It also illustrates the amazing spines…
adminMay 10, 2020
Stephen Barlow has sent in this fabulous photo of a female White-faced Darter emerging in the spring sunshine. He described how difficult it was to achieve this photo due to this species typically emerging over 'out of…
adminMay 10, 2020
Jan Shields has been enjoying Beautiful Demoiselles on her daily exercise along the Rea Brook. These lovely photos show a teneral female (left) and a teneral male (below left). The opaque brown eyes typical of…
adminMay 7, 2020
The first 2 sightings of Broad-bodied Chaser have been reported. Yvonne in Cross Houses was lucky enough to see this female (below right) emerge from her own garden pond and also gets to keep the…
adminApril 27, 2020
Jan Shields has also been very grateful for her own garden pond in lockdown and has sent in these fabulous photos. The exuvia below left has been left behind by an emergent Large Red Damselfly. It…
adminApril 24, 2020
Stephen Barlow has today confirmed White-faced Darter are flying on Whixall Moss. He saw 6 on 22nd April (female pictured left) which equals the earliest ever records in the UK...and don't forget he's fairly sure…
adminApril 23, 2020
Stephen Barlow who is lucky enough to be doing his daily exercise on Whixall Moss has seen the first Four-spotted Chasers for Shropshire this year- about 10 of them to be precise! This lovely photo…
adminApril 22, 2020
Well still nothing on my home pond, but David Williams has been lucky enough to spot several teneral Large Red Damselflies flying out of the heather on his local exercise route at Stoney Hill, Telford.…
adminApril 17, 2020