Bedfords Park Dragon and damselflys Pt II

[Ukwildlifeo]

There were lots of Dragonflys and damselflys about in Bedfords park again on wednesday.

This common darter


The male ruddy darter


This poor guy had a bent abdomen - perhaps and injury from mating or when its skin was hardening as it emerged?


he could striaghten it mostly thou


There were some mating pairs around. these blue tailed damsels:


and these common blues:


I saw this red eyed damselfly but not sure if its a small or not?

I also noticed the grasshopper in its mouth after taking the photo!

i also saw this hawker:

[GRH]

Your first pic is of a female ruddy darter - no yellow stripes on the legs and the black line across the 'face' extends down the sides (in front of the eyes).

Greg

[glsammy]

The red eyed isn't a small, the abdomen on the small is extremely slim, plus the blue marking on the next to last section is incomplete on the small.

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by glsammy

The red eyed isn't a small, the abdomen on the small is extremely slim, plus the blue marking on the next to last section is incomplete on the small.

The last red-eye is as Graham says but the earlier photos of the one with deformed abdomen is a Small Red-eye.

Last photo is Migrant Hawker.

Some good record shots there.

[glsammy]

Originally Posted by aeshna5

The last red-eye is as Graham says but the earlier photos of the one with deformed abdomen is a Small Red-eye.

Last photo is Migrant Hawker.

Some good record shots there.

Nice one, I'd missed that!

[Ukwildlifeo]

cheers for the IDs. I suspected the damsel eating a grasshopper was the 'bog standard' red eyed but all the others Ive seen in last 2 weeks have been smalls so I wasn't sure.