Odonata

Odonata - 48 species
 

Beautiful Demoiselle (male) - Bystock July 2018.
 

Beautiful Demoiselle (male) - Bystock 16/7/19.


Beautiful Demoiselle (male) - Bystock 16/7/19.


 Beautiful Demoiselle (female) - Bystock 16/7/19.
 
 
Beautiful Demoiselle - Bystock  15/7/19.
 
 
 Beautiful Demoiselle (female) - Bystock 16/7/19.
 
 
Banded Demoiselle (male) - Uffculme.
 

Banded Demoiselle ( male) - Clyst St Mary.


Banded Demoiselle (female) - Clyst St Mary July 2018.
 
 
Banded Demoiselle (male) - Topsham 25/6/19.
 

Banded Demoiselle (immature) - Clyst St Mary 2/7/20.


Banded Demoiselle (female) - Clyst St Mary 2/7/20.

 
Banded Demoiselle (male) - Clyst St Mary 2/7/20.


Female Banded Demoiselle with male-like wing bands - near Fethiye, Turkey 22/4/22.
 
 
Emerald Damselfly (male) - Stover CP July 2018.
 
 
Emerald Damselfly (male) - near Cadover Bridge July 2018.
 

Emerald Damselfly (and three photos below) - Aylesbeare Common 28/7/20.



 

Willow Emerald Damselfly - Porto 14/8/24.


White-legged Damselfly (male) - River Axe July 2018.


 
White-legged Damselfly (female) - River Axe July 2018.
 

White-legged Damselfly (male) - Clyst St Mary 2/7/20.


White-legged Damselfly (immature) - Clyst St Mary 2/7/20.

 
White-legged Damselfly (immature) - Clyst St Mary 2/7/20.
 
 
White-legged Damselfly (male) - Countess Wear 6/7/20.


White-legged Damselfly - Countess Wear 26/6/23.
 

Large Red Damselfly (male).


Large Red Damselfly (male) - Bystock July 2018.


Large Red Damselfly - Bystock.


Large Red Damselfly - Bystock 24/5/19.


Large Red Damselfly - Bystock 25/5/19.


Large Red Damselfly - Belle Vue Road (our garden) 14/5/23.


Small Red Damselfly (male) - Bystock July 2018 - red legs, all red abdomen and red pterostigma.


Small Red Damselfly - teneral male - Colaton Raleigh Common 19/6/19.


Small Red Damselfly pair - Colaton Raleigh Common 20/7/19.


Small Red Damselfly - Colaton Raleigh Common 2/7/19.


Small Red Damselfly - Bystock, Exmouth 16/7/21.


Southern Damselfly (male) - Prewley Moor 5/7/19.


Southern Damselfly (female) - Prewley Moor 5/7/19.


Southern Damselfly (male) - Prewley Moor 5/7/19.


Southern Damselfly (male) - Prewley Moor 5/7/19.


Southern Damselfly (male) - Prewley Moor 5/7/19.


Southern Damselfly - Prewley Moor 19/6/21. And below.



Southern Damselfly - Prewley Moor 29/6/23.


Azure Damselfly (male) - Woodbury Common 25/5/19.


Azure Damselfly (male) - near Cadover Bridge July 2018.


Azure Damselfly - Countess Wear 26/6/23.


Variable Damselfly (female) - Ham Wall 27/5/19 (above and below).



Common Blue Damselfly (male) - Blackhill Quarry - mushroom-shaped mark on S2.


Common Damselfly (male) - Countess Wear July 2018.


Common Blue Damselfly - Hogsbrook Lakes 24/5/19.


Common Blue Damselfly - Somerset Levels 3/7/21.


Blue-tailed Damselfly - Hogsbrook Lakes 24/5/19.


Blue-tailed Damselfly (male) - Exminster Marshes July 2018.


Blue-tailed Damselfly (male) - Countess Wear July 2018.


Blue-tailed Damselfly (female rufescens) - near Cadover Bridge July 2018.


Blue-tailed Damselfly - Ham Wall, Somerset 29/7/21.


Blue-tailed Damselfly - (female rufescens) - Exminster Marshes 8/6/22.


Iberian Blue-tailed Damselfly - Lisbon, Portugal 11/8/24.


Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly (male) - near Cadover Bridge July 2018.


Red-eyed Damselfly (male) - Exminster Marshes July 2018.


Red-eyed Damselfly (male) - Exminster Marshes July 2018.


Red-eyed Damselfly - Countess Wear (with male Common Blue Damselfly below) 26/6/22.



Small Red-eyed Damselfly (male) - Exminster Marshes July 2018.


 Small Red-eyed Damselfly pair - Exminster Marshes July 2018.


Small Red-eyed Damselfly - Ham Wall, Somerset 29/7/21.


Male Common Winter Damselfly - near Fethiye, Turkey 16/4/22.


Southern Hawker - Orcombe Point.


Southern Hawker (female) - Clyst St Mary July 2018.


Southern Hawker - Orcombe Point 23/9/17.


Southern Hawker (male) - Orcombe Point 10/8/19.


Southern Hawker - Maer Valley 3/8/20.


Southern Hawker - Maer Valley 21/8/21.


Norfolk Hawker - Slapton Ley 22/6/22. The first of two seen.


Norfolk Hawker - the second of two seen. Slapton Ley 22/6/22.




Common Hawker (immature male) - near Cadover Bridge July 2018.



Migrant Hawker - Orcombe Point.


Migrant Hawker - Orcombe Point 2/10/19.


Migrant Hawker - female - Orcombe Point 9/9/21.


 female Emperor Dragonfly ovipositing - Aylesbeare Common 1/6/19.
 

male Emperor Dragonfly - Aylesbeare Common 1/6/19.
 

Emperor Dragonfly - Belle Vue Road 22/5/19.

 

Emperor - Orcombe Point 22/8/21. Male.


Emperor - Castle Lane, Exmouth 9/7/22.


Lesser Emperor - Lisbon, Portugal 11/8/24.




Lesser Emperor - Lisbon, Portugal 11/8/24.

 
male Hairy Dragonfly - Ham Wall 27/5/19.
 
 
female Hairy Dragonfly ovipositing - Aylesbeare Common 1/6/19.


Male Hairy Dragonfly - Topsham Lock 24/6/23.
 
 
Golden-ringed Dragonfly.



Golden-ringed Dragonfly - Woodbury Common 14/9/19.


Golden-ringed dragonfly - Colaton Raleigh Common 14/7/21.


Golden-ringed Dragonfly - Bicton Common 16/7/21.


Golden-ringed Dragonfly - between Exton and Woodbury 26/6/22.



Downy Emerald - Bystock 30/5/19.


Downy Emerald - Withycombe Raleigh Common (and below) 17/5/20.



Downy Emerald - Bystock 25/5/19.


Downy Emerald - Bystock 7/5/22.


Downy Emerald - Bystock 11/5/23.


Scarlet Darter (male) - Camargue - note 'dropped wings', flattened abdomen, reddish legs and scarlet colouration. The edges of the wings are reddish too.


Scarlet Darter - Lisbon, Portugal 11/8/24.


Violet Dropwing - Kefalonia July 2019.


Violet Dropwing - Kefalonia July 2019.


Broad-bodied Chaser (male) - Bicton Common 22/5/19.


Broad-bodied Chaser (male) - Colaton Raleigh Common 20/7/19.


Broad-bodied Chaser (female) - Bystock 16/7/19.


Broad-bodied Chaser - Belle Vue Road, Exmouth 21/5/23. Back garden.


Scarce Chaser (male) - Clyst St Mary July 2018.



Scarce Chaser - Bruckland Ponds 29/6/19.



Scarce Chaser (male) - Dart's Farm 10/7/19.


Scarce Chaser - near Fethiye, Turkey 16/4/22.


Scarce Chaser - Dart's Farm 13/6/22.


Scarce Chaser - Countess Wear 26/6/22.



Four-spotted Chaser - Ham Wall 27/5/19.


Four-spotted Chaser - Ham Wall 27/5/19.


Four-spotted Chaser - Ham Wall 27/5/19.
 

Four-spotted Chaser - roost - Ham Wall 27/5/19.

 
Four-spotted Chaser - Ham Wall 27/5/19.


Black-tailed Skimmer (male) - East Budleigh Common.


 Black-tailed Skimmer - Ham Wall 27/5/19.


Black-tailed Skimmer - Topsham 21/6/19.


Black-tailed Skimmer - East Budleigh Common 10/7/19.


Keeled Skimmer - Colaton Raleigh Common 2/6/19.


Keeled Skimmer - Colaton Raleigh Common 2/7/19.


Keeled Skimmer - Bicton Common 3/7/19.


Keeled Skimmer - Squabmoor 10/7/19.


Keeled Skimmer - East Budleigh Common 10/7/19.


Maturing Small Skimmer (Orthetrum taeniolatum) - near Fethiye, Turkey 16/4/22. And below.



Epaulet Skimmer - Lisbon, Portugal 10/8/24.


Black Darter (male) - near Cadover Bridge July 2018.


Black Darter (immature male) - nr Cadover Bridge July 2018.


 
Red-veined Darter - Provence 2016.
 
 
Red-veined Darter - Croatia 2017.
 

Red-veined Darter - Kefalonia July 2019.


Red-veined Darter (male) - Kefalonia July 2019.

 
Red-veined Darter - Kefalonia July 2019.
 

Red-veined Darter (immature male) - East Devon Commons 8/6/20.


Red-veined Darter (female) - East Devon Commons 8/6/20.
 

Ruddy Darter - Bruckland Ponds 7/8/18.

 

Ruddy Darter - Ham Wall, Somerset 29/7/21.


Ruddy Darter - Ham Wall, Somerset 29/7/21.


Common Darter (male) - Maer Valley.


Common Darter (male) - Clyst St Mary.

 
Common Darter (female) - Maer Valley.


Common Darter (male) - Maer Valley 27/8/19.


Common Darter (female) - Withycombe Raleigh Common 30/8/19.


Common Darter (female) - Withycombe Raleigh Common 30/8/19.


Common Darter - Maer Valley 21/8/21.


Spine-legged Redbolt (Rhodothemis rufa) - Goa April 2018.

 
Pied Paddy Skimmer (Neurothemis tullia) - female - Goa April 2018.
 
 
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa) - Goa April 2018.
 
 
Brown-backed Marsh Hawk (Orthetrum chrysis) - male - Goa April 2018.
 
 
  Green Marsh Hawk (Orthetrum Sabina) - Goa April 2018.


Orthemis sp - Villa Jibacoa, Cuba Aug '23.


 Purple Bluet Enallagma cardenium - Villa Jibacoa, Cuba Aug '23.


Slough Amberwing Perithemis domitia - Villa Jibacoa, Cuba Aug '23.


Tiger Threadtail Neoneura carnatica - Villa Jibacoa, Cuba Aug '23. A Cuban endemic.

1 comment:

  1. Loving this mate. Some nice pictures. Those ones from Goa are awesome

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