Zygoptera Archives - Lizzie Harper

Banded demoiselle Calyopteryx splendens

Lizzie Harper — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 13:13:37 +0000

Banded demoiselle Calyopteryx splendens male perched on a reed

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Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea

antoine@lapinblanc — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 12:03:54 +0000

Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea male cut to white

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Beautiful demoiselle Calopteryx virgo

antoine@lapinblanc — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 12:03:54 +0000

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

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Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula

antoine@lapinblanc — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 12:03:54 +0000

Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula adult male cut to white

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Sarep sprite Pseudagrion sarepi

antoine@lapinblanc — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 12:03:54 +0000

Sarep sprite Pseudagrion sarepi male in side view cut to white

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Keeled skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens

antoine@lapinblanc — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 12:03:54 +0000

Keeled skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens male resting on vegetation cut to white

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Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula emerging

antoine@lapinblanc — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 12:03:54 +0000

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

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Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula larva

antoine@lapinblanc — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 12:03:54 +0000

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

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Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula entire life cycle

antoine@lapinblanc — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 12:03:54 +0000

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

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Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula egg laying

antoine@lapinblanc — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 12:03:54 +0000

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

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