Dragonflies & Damselflies

Southern Hawker - Common and widespread late summer species with wide green antehumeral stripes

Migrant Hawker - Common southern species, antehumeral stripes reduced and much bluer than southern hawker

Emperor - Largest UK dragonfly, common and widespread

Club-tailed Dragonfly - Scarce species of wide slow flowing rivers in the south and west

Golden-ringed Dragonfly - Common and distinctive species, not found in East Anglia

Broad-bodied Chaser - Common and widespread early summer species, broad abdomen is distinctive

Scarce Chaser - Scarce species of south and east. Males blue with dark tail and small dark areas at base of wing. Female orange with black stripe up centre of abdomen

Four-spotted Chaser - Common and widespread early summer species, spots on wing are distinctive

Black-tailed Skimmer - Common and widespread species with black tail in the male, but no dark patches in the wing

Keeled Skimmer - Patchily distributed species of wet heaths, yellow antehumeral stripes fade with age

Common Darter - Perhaps the commonest dragonfly in the UK, told from Ruddy darter by yellow stripes on legs

Ruddy Darter - Common and widespread species, mature males distinctive, other stages told from common darter by all black legs

Red-veined Darter - Scarce migrant species to Southern UK, with a few colonies now established.

Scarlet Darter - Stunning mediterranean species which has spread north in recent years, first recorded in UK in 1995

Large Red Damselfly

Blue-tailed Damselfly

Red-eyed Damselfly

Small red-eyed Damselfly

Variable Damselfly

Common Blue Damselfly

Azure Damselfly

White-legged Damselfly

Emerald Damselfly