DAMSELFLIES

Banded Demoiselle [Calopteryx splendens]

Male - Location : Box Hill, Surrey, England – Date of image : 26 Jun 2015

Banded Demoiselle [Calopteryx splendens]

Male - Location : London Wetland Centre, Barnes, Greater London, England – Date of image : 16 Jun 2025

Banded Demoiselle [Calopteryx splendens]

Male - Location : RHS Wisley, Surrey, England – Date of image : 10 Jul 2015

Racket-tipped Rubyspot [Hetaerina occisa]

Female - Location : near Villa Briceño, Puntarenas province, Costa Rica – Date of image : 20 Mar 2020

Glistening Demoiselle [Phaon iridipennis?]

Female - Location : Hazyview Cabanas, Hazyview, Mpumalanga, South Africa – Date of image : 23 Aug 2009

Azure Damselfly [Coenagrion puella]

Males - Location : RSPB Arne, Wareham, Dorset, England – Date of image : 30 May 2019

Azure Damselfly [Coenagrion puella]

Male grasping female - Location : London Wetland Centre, Barnes, Greater London, England – Date of image : 04 Jul 2024

Azure Damselfly [Coenagrion puella]

Female of green form - Location : London Wetland Centre, Barnes, Greater London, England – Date of image : 16 Jun 2025

Common Blue Damselfly [Enallagma cyathigerum]

Male - Location : RSPB Dungeness, Kent, England – Date of image : 25 Jun 2012

Common Blue Damselfly [Enallagma cyathigerum]

Male - Location : London Wetland Centre, Barnes, Greater London, England – Date of image : 16 Jun 2025

Common Blue Damselfly [Enallagma cyathigerum]

Teneral male - Location : Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, East Sussex, England – Date of image : 19 Jun 2015

Red-eyed Damselfly [Erythromma najas]

Male on bramble leaf - Location : London Wetland Centre, Barnes, Greater London, England – Date of image : 04 Jul 2024

Blue-tailed Damselfly [Ischnura elegans]

Male - Location : London Wetland Centre, Barnes, Greater London, England – Date of image : 04 Jul 2024

Blue-tailed Damselfly [Ischnura elegans]

Female of form violacea - Location : Morden Hall Park, Morden, Greater London, England – Date of image : 15 Jul 2020

Blue-tailed Damselfly [Ischnura elegans]

Female of form rufescens-obsoleta - Location : Warnham NR, Horsham, West Sussex, England – Date of image : 13 May 2025

Large Red Damselfly [Pyrrhosoma nymphula]

Male - Location : London Wetland Centre, Barnes, Greater London, England – Date of image : 04 Jul 2024

Large Red Damselfly [Pyrrhosoma nymphula]

Male - Location : RSPB Arne, Wareham, Dorset, England – Date of image : 30 May 2019

Willow Emerald Damselfly [Chalcolestes viridis]

Male - Location : London Wetland Centre, Barnes, Greater London, England – Date of image : 13 Sep 2024

Willow Emerald Damselfly [Chalcolestes viridis]

Male on brambles - Location : London Wetland Centre, Barnes, Greater London, England – Date of image : 04 Jul 2024

Willow Emerald Damselfly [Chalcolestes viridis]

Female on sycamore leaf; note Common Sycamore Aphids on underside of leaves - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 17 Aug 2025