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Dragonfly/Darter/Mayfly ID?

BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,391
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Hi all, I'm just about to look this one up on the web unless anyone knows what it is?  About 1.5 inches (4cm) long:

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A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 26,985

    http://www.british-dragonflies.org.uk/species/large-red-damselfly

    I think its a large red damselfly Bob

    The wings are totally amazing when that pic is enlarged

     



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,391

    Thanks nut!  They are really beautiful things but you have to be lucky to photograph one.  In the last 10 years or so I've only managed 3 shots of dragonfly-type things, but have seen lots which are always gone by the time I find the camera..

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 26,985

    I've managed a few dragonflies if they sat still long enough but never a damselfly. 



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Gillian53Gillian53 Posts: 112

    I've been watching 5 pairs of blue damselflies laying eggs in pond today. I just can't keep track of their movements. Just too fast to see the markings. Beautiful.

  • Steve 309Steve 309 Posts: 2,753

    It's certainly a damselfly - the two pairs of wings are identical; in dragonflies they're different shapes.  Mayflies have three long 'tails' sticking out at the ...er...tail end.

    Very similar to one on another thread earlier this evening.

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 26,985

    Those blue ones look as though they have internal lighting.

     



    In the sticks near Peterborough
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