BillN
Hall of Famer
- Location
- S W France
- Name
- Bill
LIST of IMAGES ON THIS Thread
1) #1 Common Blue Damselfly - Enallagma cyathigerum - male - UK
2) #5 Common Green Darner, Anax Junius - US
3) #5 Common Blue Damselfly, Enallagma cythigerum - US
4) #6 and #42 Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula - UK and FR
5) #11 Hairy Dragonfly Brachytron pratense - UK
6) #11 Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii - male - UK
7) #11 Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa – female - UK
8) #11 exuviae of an Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperato - UK - not included in "count"
9) #18 Banded Demoiselle - Calopteryx splendens - male - UK
10) #19 and #54 Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo - UK and FR
11) #21 Banded Demoiselle - Calopteryx splendens - female - UK
12) #24, #61 Four-spotted Chaser - Libellula quadrimaculata - female - UK
13) #28 and #43 Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella - UK and FR
14) #36 Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans - male - UK
15) #36 Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum - male - UK
16) #36, #62 Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator - male - UK
17). #41 and #46 Common Darter - Sympetrum striolatum - UK
18). #45 Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum - male - FR
19) #53 Western Demoiselle, Calopteryx xanthostoma - male - FR
20). #58 Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa - male - FR
21) #60 - Golden-ringed Dragonfly - Cordulegaster boltonii - male - FR
22). #61, #62, #63 - Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura pumilio - male - UK
23). #61 -Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum - male - UK
24). #71 Southern Skimmer, (Orthetrum brunnem) - male - FR
25). #72 Common Darter, (Sympetrum striatum) - female - FR
26). #83 Copper Demoiselle - (Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis) - female - FR
27). #85 - Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata) - male - FR
28). #85 Broad Scarlet (Scarlet Darter) Crocothemis erythraea - male - FR
5,700 species of the order Odonata, (Dragonflies and Damselflies), known in the world today
only 120 in Europe, (apparently there are 150 species in Florida!!)
only 56 species of damselfly and dragonfly in Britain and Ireland ........ 16 in thread so far + 4 in France which are seen in the UK
LINKS
British Dragonfly Society - British Dragonfly Society - British Dragonfly Society
If you are interested, post your image … don't worry about the quality ….. then it would be fun to find out their names and more about them.
According to our own resident Chris Packham, the following is a Common Blue Damselfly - Common Bluet (blue form) - Enallagma cyathigerum, first recorded in 1840 - looks like a male - probably the most common in the Region, (Europe and Scandinavia) - seen Hampshire, UK, May 2014
1) #1 Common Blue Damselfly - Enallagma cyathigerum - male - UK
2) #5 Common Green Darner, Anax Junius - US
3) #5 Common Blue Damselfly, Enallagma cythigerum - US
4) #6 and #42 Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula - UK and FR
5) #11 Hairy Dragonfly Brachytron pratense - UK
6) #11 Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii - male - UK
7) #11 Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa – female - UK
8) #11 exuviae of an Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperato - UK - not included in "count"
9) #18 Banded Demoiselle - Calopteryx splendens - male - UK
10) #19 and #54 Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo - UK and FR
11) #21 Banded Demoiselle - Calopteryx splendens - female - UK
12) #24, #61 Four-spotted Chaser - Libellula quadrimaculata - female - UK
13) #28 and #43 Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella - UK and FR
14) #36 Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans - male - UK
15) #36 Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum - male - UK
16) #36, #62 Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator - male - UK
17). #41 and #46 Common Darter - Sympetrum striolatum - UK
18). #45 Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum - male - FR
19) #53 Western Demoiselle, Calopteryx xanthostoma - male - FR
20). #58 Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa - male - FR
21) #60 - Golden-ringed Dragonfly - Cordulegaster boltonii - male - FR
22). #61, #62, #63 - Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura pumilio - male - UK
23). #61 -Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum - male - UK
24). #71 Southern Skimmer, (Orthetrum brunnem) - male - FR
25). #72 Common Darter, (Sympetrum striatum) - female - FR
26). #83 Copper Demoiselle - (Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis) - female - FR
27). #85 - Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata) - male - FR
28). #85 Broad Scarlet (Scarlet Darter) Crocothemis erythraea - male - FR
5,700 species of the order Odonata, (Dragonflies and Damselflies), known in the world today
only 120 in Europe, (apparently there are 150 species in Florida!!)
only 56 species of damselfly and dragonfly in Britain and Ireland ........ 16 in thread so far + 4 in France which are seen in the UK
LINKS
British Dragonfly Society - British Dragonfly Society - British Dragonfly Society
If you are interested, post your image … don't worry about the quality ….. then it would be fun to find out their names and more about them.
According to our own resident Chris Packham, the following is a Common Blue Damselfly - Common Bluet (blue form) - Enallagma cyathigerum, first recorded in 1840 - looks like a male - probably the most common in the Region, (Europe and Scandinavia) - seen Hampshire, UK, May 2014