Wednesday 20 May 2020

Sparsey Bridge at Water Eaton - 20 May

Beautiful Demoiselle: Good numbers now much more concentrated in only a couple of locations - seem to prefer sunlit bankside vegetation including areas of nettles with nearby trees/bushes.
2 Hairy Dragonflies
1 Large Red Damselfly

 Jeremy Dexter

 Female immature Beautiful and Banded Demoiselles (c) Jeremy Dexter
Note that in the immature phase of both male and female Beautiful Demoiselles, their wings are effectively light orange, which makes ID very simple, compared to the adult phase.
Female immature Beautiful Demoiselle in flight (c) Jeremy Dexter

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