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R. Knisely-Marpole has been in touch with some grim yet fascinating photos of a failed Common Hawker emergence -not in Shropshire but still worth posting. Richard thinks the poor individual probably fell from it's emergence…

Wow- amazing dragonfly weather and things have really picked up. I visited a number of private sites yesterday and was rewarded with great records of Downy Emeralds, Variable Damselflies, Emperor Dragonflies, 100s of Common Blue…

Just an update to the last post- here is L.Wilkinson's lovely shot of the Four-spotted Chaser form praenubila. The angle shows really clearly the extra dark pigment on the wings in addition to the four…

Many of you have been in touch with sightings at Whixall Moss of Large Red and Azure Damselflies, Banded Demoiselles, White-faced Darters and Four-spotted Chasers -seen here in this great photo from P. Spear. L.…

D. Williams reports White-legged Damselflies on the wing at Hampton Loade. 5 tenerals were seen on 28th May including the immature female shown here referred to as form lactea.On the same visit David was also lucky enough to see…

The great news is that the increased effort being made by people looking for Clubtails is really getting results. Starting with a few individual sightings at Atcham by R.Stokes and Hampton Loade by D.Williams (seen…

Common Clubtails are now being seen in greater numbers and at more locations such as Atcham and Coalbrookdale. This species tends to emerge on mass so now is definitely the time to keep an eye…

Beautiful Demoiselles have been spotted on the Rea Brook at Shrewsbury by J.Groom- not in any convincing numbers, but hopefully in a few weeks more of these spectacular insects will be out and about living…

No photos yet, but apparently Clubtails have been seen recently emerged near Eardington (south of Bridgnorth). This species tends to emerge on mass so the next couple of weeks will be the best time to…

The first of the fabulous demoiselles was spotted at Whixall Moss last saturday by J. Shields. The metallic green female Banded Demoiselle is shown here.P.Spear also visited Whixall on Monday and took some fabulous emergence shots…