Dragonflies
While chasing my old love, butterflies, with a camera at my local Sandhouse Lane Nature Reserve, I noticed dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) over and around the lake. I watched their feeding and mating habits and soon became thoroughly hooked. When possible, I try to capture (photographically) males and female specmens together with any mating formations. The catalogue has grown to the point where I decided to separate our true dragonflies (Anisoptera) from our damselflies (Zygoptera).
Below is our catalogue of dragonfly sightings thus far.
| Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum) | ||
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| Ruddy Darter (Sympetrum sanguineum) | |||
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| Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii) | ||||
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| Southern Darter (Sympetrum meridionale) |
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| Scarlet Darter (Crocothemis erythraea) | |||
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| Black-tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum) | ||||
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| Broad-bodied Chaser (Libellula depressa) | |
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| Four-spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata) |
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| Emperor Dragonfly (Anax imperator) | |||
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| Brown Hawker (Aeshna grandis) | |
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| Southern Hawker (Aeshna cyanea) |
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| Western Club-tail (Gomphus pulchellus) | |
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