Thursday, 16 February 2012
A to Z of Dragonflies and Damselflies
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| Banded Darter |
A small darter with black legs and broad hind wings. Both sexes have a brown band across each wing just inside the pale yellow to red pterostigma... |
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| Banded Demoiselle |
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Only two species of damselfly in Britain have obviously coloured wings. They both belong to the genus Calopteryx. In this species the wings of the... |
| Beautiful Demoiselle |
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Only two species of damselfly in Britain have obviously coloured wings. They both belong to the genus Calopteryx. In this species the... |
| Black Darter |
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This small heathland and moorland species is the only UK black dragonfly (males). The legs are entirely black. There is a constriction of the abdomen... |
| Black-tailed Skimmer |
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Females and immatures are pale, yellowish brown with tho bold lines running along the length of the abdomen. The wings have a yellow costa and a very... |
| Blue-tailed Damselfly |
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Mature males always have a blue spot at the "tail" (S8), blue ant-humeral stripes on the thorax and blue eyes. Females vary with at... |
| Brilliant Emerald |
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The Brilliant Emerald has apple green eyes and the abdomen and thorax are dark metallic emerald green with a bright bronze sheen. The wings are... |
| Broad-bodied Chaser |
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The very broad, flattened abdomen is characteristic making the insect appear "fat". Both sexes have pale blue, thin ante-humeral stripes... |
| Brown Hawker |
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A large Hawker with obvious golden brown wings. Both sexes have strong yellow stripes on the sides of the thorax and no ante-humeral stripes. The... |