Damsel and others for id please

Lesinlondon · #1 (**permalink**) 04-09-2010, 05:15 PM

Thanks for any id's. First two pics are not good, but hope for an id. Maybe an immature damsel?

And four more from today.

Thanks, Les.

GuyF · #2 (**permalink**) 04-09-2010, 06:05 PM

I think the damselfly may well be a mature female Blue-tailed of the form rufescens-obsoleta, can't help with the others I'm afraid!
Guy

Gatekeeper · #3 (**permalink**) 04-09-2010, 06:55 PM

I would say that the last one is the hoverfly Xylota segnis.

Lesinlondon · #4 (**permalink**) 05-09-2010, 01:40 PM

Thanks Guy, I have never seen a female before. Seems they have various colour forms and this does look like one of them.
Thanks also Gatekeeper for that likely id.

Les.

RoyW · #5 (**permalink**) 06-09-2010, 01:10 PM

I can confirm Guys identification of the damselfly. Can't help with the others though, except to say that the next one is an Ichneumon species (which you no doubt knew already). Perhaps someone else will help after this bumps your post up!

Dogghound · #6 (**permalink**) 06-09-2010, 03:19 PM

The ichneumon is a member of the Ichneumoninae sub-family however most of these black species have a yellow scutellum, in this one its black, I would leave this one.