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Sunday, 24 July 2022

Longford Park, Banbury - 24 June

An interesting pair of photos from Longford Park last month, courtesy of Steve Gresty.

The first given below shows a definite immature Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly of the orange (aurantiaca) form. 

However the second photo is considered by both Adrian Parr and Steve Hewitt to show an immature Blue-tailed Damselfly of the form rufescens-obsoleta. To arrive at this conclusion, these experts mention a number of features, the clearest of which is the presence of the post-ocular spots which are typical of Blue-tailed but not Scarce Blue-tailed. 

 Immature female Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly of the orange (aurantiaca) form © Steve Gresty

Immature Blue-tailed Damselfly of the form rufescens-obsoleta © Steve Gresty



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