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Dragonflies and damselflies

Dragonflies and damselflies at Sculthorpe Moor Reserve

Small red-eyed damsellefly
Small red-eyed damselfly

Dragonflies and damselflies recorded on the reserve:

  • Banded demoiselle Calopteryx splendens
  • Emerald damselfly Lestes sponsa
  • Azure damselflyfly Coenagrion puella
  • Common blue damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
  • Blue-tailed damselfly Ischnura elegans
  • Small red-eyed damselfly Erythromma viridulum
  • Scarce emerald damselfly Lestes dryas
  • Migrant hawker Aeshna mixta
  • Southern hawker Aeshna cyanea
  • Brown hawker Aeshna grandis
  • Emperor dragonfly Anax imperator
  • Four-spotted chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
  • Black-tailed skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
  • Common darter Sympetrum striolatum
  • Ruddy darter Sympetrum sanguinium
  • Large red damselfly Pyrrosoma nymphula
  • Red-eyed damselfly Erythromma najas
  • Broad-bodied chaser Libellula depressa
  • Hairy dragonfly Brachytron pratense