
Keeled skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens
Keeled skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens male resting on vegetation cut to white

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

Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula adult
Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula adult against a blue background

Migrant hawker Aeshna mixta
Migrant hawker Aeshna mixta adult male dorsal view cut to white

Red eyed damsel Erythromma najas
Red eyed damsel Erythromma najas male dorsal view cut to white

Red veined darter Sympetrum fonscolombii
Red veined darter Sympetrum fonscolombii

Azure damselfly Coenagrion puella
Azure damselfly Coenagrion puella cut to white

Hairy dragonfly Brachytron pratense
Hairy dragonfly Brachytron pratense male cut to white

Four spotted chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Four spotted chaser Libellula quadrimaculata male cut to white

Emperor dragonfly Anax imperator
Emperor dragonfly Anax imperator male dorsal view cut to white

Dragonfly nymph Anisoptera
Dragonfly nymph Anisoptera from above dorsal view cut to white

Common darter Sympetrum striolatum
Common darter Sympetrum striolatum male cut to white male

Broad bodied chaser Libellula depressa 2
Broad bodied chaser Libellula depressa male cut to white

Broad bodied chaser Libellula depressa
Broad bodied chaser Libellula depressa male resting on a reed leaf with a pond view and suggestion of landscape behind

Blue tailed damselfly Ischnura elegans
Blue tailed damselfly Ischnura elegans male cut to white showing mostly black body

Black tailed skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
Black tailed skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum dorsal view showing yellow wing veins and blue body

Banded demoiselle Calopteryx splendens
Banded demoiselle Calopteryx splendens in side view male cut to white