To keep the blog ticking over while we are away here are a few of the different Damselflies that I have seen during May into early June.
Azure (Coenagrion puella) - a teneral male.
Common Blue (Enallagma cyathigerum) - Male.
Common Blue (Enallagma cyathigerum) - Male.
Emerald (Lestes sponsa) - Immature female.
Emerald (Lestes sponsa) - Female.
Blue-tailed (Ischnura alegans) - Immature female probably form violacea.
This form can mature into into either the andromorph with male-like blue colouring or into infuscans-obsoleta with a brownish thorax according to my field guide.
White-legged (Platycnemis pennipes) - immature (f. lactea phase).
Please feel free to correct me if you feel any of the ID's are incorrect.
N.B. This is a scheduled post and I will respond to comments when we return from Cumbria. FAB.
Just a few beautiful shots Frank! Excellent and nice variety. Iðd love to see them around but for that the climate changes ahve to be bigger than that ;-)
ReplyDeleteThese are exceptional and the one of the Blue-tailed near the bottom, is exquisite detail of the wings. Have a great journey~
ReplyDeleteThese are top notch Frank,stunning.
ReplyDeletejohn.
Hi Frank...amazing creatures aren't they.
ReplyDeleteI love seeing them soar over an open field or land on the reed at the pond near by!!
Love the blue one, and all those great patterns and colors!!
Love that blue one too. Amazing photos.
ReplyDeleteFinally catching up with the backlog. great shots of the white admiral - one of my favourite british butterflies.
ReplyDeleteyou have had some truly beautiful photographs in these last posts. Like TonyC, I am cataching up and very much enjoying it!
ReplyDeletecheers,
Wilma
Lovely photos Frank. I just wish there were some round here. They are conspicuous by their absence this year!
ReplyDeleteFantastic shots of the damsels. Love the blue colored one.
ReplyDeleteGreat images as always. I hope you're having a good trip.
ReplyDeleteLois
great stuff again Frank.... I must practice my macro stuff soon.
ReplyDeleteDave (Bfb)
Wow! Just beautiful. I've just resolved to start learning dragonflies and damselflies. Gotta get a field guide and then I'm going to concentrate on id's. I doubt if I'll be able to take photos even a fraction as good as yours, though.
ReplyDeleteKay