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Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula in amongst vegetation emerging from its larval shell which it will leave behind as its exuvia, adult colours not yet fully developed, cut to white

Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula larvae under water on stony substrate with caudal lamellae or tracheal gills clearly visible; water plants including crowfoot behind

Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula life cycle showing all the life stages against a blue wash backround with aquatic plants and pebbles and mud, adult, mating pait, egg laying, egg, larva, exuvia, emergent adult all shown, water lily on water surface

Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula pair egg laying with male holding female with his anal claspers around her neck as she lays eggs just below the surface of the water

Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula pair mating in distinctive cartwheel shape with background of water and aquatic plants

Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula adult against a blue background

Migrant hawker Aeshna mixta adult male dorsal view cut to white

Red eyed damsel Erythromma najas male dorsal view cut to white

Red veined darter Sympetrum fonscolombii

Southern damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale male cut to white

Common darter Sympetrum striolatum male cut to white male

Butterfly bouquest invented mix of flowers and butterfly cut to white

Dragonfly nymph Anisoptera from above dorsal view cut to white

Brown hairstreak Thecla betulae with wings folded, female flying behind, adult in foreground resting on a leaf

Emperor dragonfly Anax imperator male dorsal view cut to white

Comma butterfly Polygonia c-album from above and from side cut to white

Four spotted chaser Libellula quadrimaculata male cut to white

Deaths head hawkmoth Acherontia atropos cut to white showing skull pattern on thorax

Hairy dragonfly Brachytron pratense male cut to white

Forester moth Adscita statices with folded wings on a scabious flower, showin1g black colour and glittery irridescence of the wings

Heath fritillary butterfly Melitaea athalia on cowwheat with speedwell, one in flight and one showing folded underwings

Red necked footman Atolmis rubricollis on cuckoo flower Cardamine with black wings folded and scarlet red collar on view

Silver washed fritillary butterfly Argynnis paphia cut to white one with folded wings one in flight, feeding on scabious flowers

Small tortoiseshell butterfly Aglais urticae cut to white