![Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula entire life cycle](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula entire life cycle
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 egg laying](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula egg laying
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 mating](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula mating
Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula pair mating in distinctive cartwheel shape with background of water and aquatic plants
![Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula adult](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula adult
Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula adult against a blue background
![Migrant hawker Aeshna mixta](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Migrant hawker Aeshna mixta
Migrant hawker Aeshna mixta adult male dorsal view cut to white
![Red eyed damsel Erythromma najas](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Red eyed damsel Erythromma najas
Red eyed damsel Erythromma najas male dorsal view cut to white
![Red veined darter Sympetrum fonscolombii](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Red veined darter Sympetrum fonscolombii
Red veined darter Sympetrum fonscolombii
![Southern damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Southern damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale
Southern damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale male cut to white
![Southern damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale 2](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Southern damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale 2
Southern damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale male side view showing thoracic markings, resting on vegetation with abdomen slightly upturned
![Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea male cut to white
![Beautiful demoiselle Calopteryx virgo](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Beautiful demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Beautiful demoiselle Calopteryx virgo male in side view showing irridescent blue body and beautiful irridescent wings held folded, perched on water side vegetation with red eyes and bright green thorax clear
![Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula adult male cut to white
![Sarep sprite Pseudagrion sarepi](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Sarep sprite Pseudagrion sarepi
Sarep sprite Pseudagrion sarepi male in side view cut to white
![Butterfly bouquet](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Butterfly bouquet
Butterfly bouquest invented mix of flowers and butterfly cut to white
![Brown hairstreak Thecla betulae](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Brown hairstreak Thecla betulae
Brown hairstreak Thecla betulae with wings folded, female flying behind, adult in foreground resting on a leaf
![Comma butterfly Polygonia c-album](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Comma butterfly Polygonia c-album
Comma butterfly Polygonia c-album from above and from side cut to white
![Deaths head hawkmoth Acherontia atropos](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Deaths head hawkmoth Acherontia atropos
Deaths head hawkmoth Acherontia atropos cut to white showing skull pattern on thorax
![Forester moth Adscita statices](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Forester moth Adscita statices
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](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Heath fritillary butterfly Melitaea athalia
Heath fritillary butterfly Melitaea athalia on cowwheat with speedwell, one in flight and one showing folded underwings
![Red necked footman Atolmis rubricollis](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Red necked footman Atolmis rubricollis
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](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Silver washed fritillary butterfly Argynnis paphia
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 2](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Small tortoiseshell butterfly Aglais urticae 2
Small tortoiseshell butterfly Aglais urticae cut to white
![Azure damselfly Coenagrion puella](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Azure damselfly Coenagrion puella
Azure damselfly Coenagrion puella cut to white
![Banded demoiselle Calopteryx splendens](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Banded demoiselle Calopteryx splendens
Banded demoiselle Calopteryx splendens in side view male cut to white