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Anthropoda/Insecta/Odonata |
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Damselflies |
Zygoptera |
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Demoiselles |
Family Calopteryigidae |
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Beautiful Demoiselle |
Calopteryx virgo |
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Banded Demoiselle |
Calopteryx splendens |
| Emerald damselflies |
Family Lestidae |
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Emerald Damselfly |
Lestes sponsa |
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Sscarce Emerald Damselfly |
Lestes dryas |
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Southern Emerald Damselfly |
Lestes barbarus |
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Willow Emerald Damselfly |
Chalcolestes viridis |
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White legged damselflies |
Family Platycnemididae |
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White legged Damselfly |
Platycnemis pennipes |
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Red and Blue/black damselflies |
Family Coenagrionidae |
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Large Red Damselfly |
Pyrrhosoma nymphula |
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Red- eyed Damselfly |
Erythromma najas |
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Small Red- eyed Damselfly |
Erythromma viridulum |
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Southern Damselfly |
Coenagrion mercuriale |
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Dainty Damselfly (extinct in UK) |
Coenagrion scitulum |
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Northern Damselfly |
Coenagrion hastulatum |
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Irish Damselfly |
Coenagrion lunulatum |
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Norfolk Damselfly (extinct in UK) |
Coenagrion armatum |
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Azure Damselfly |
Coenagrion puella |
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Variable Damselfly |
Coenagrion pulchellum |
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Common Blue Damselfly |
Enallagma cyathigerum |
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Scarce Blue- tailed Damselfly |
Ischnura pumilio |
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Blue- tailed Damselfly |
Ischnura elegans |
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Small Red Damselfly |
Ceriagrion tenellum |
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Dragonflies |
Anisoptera |
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Hawker Dragonflies |
Family Aeshnidae |
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Azure Hawker |
Aeshna caerulea |
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Common Hawker |
Aeshna juncea |
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Migrant Hawker |
Aeshna mixta |
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Southern Hawker |
Aeshna cyanaea |
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Brown Hawker |
Aeshna gradis |
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Southern Migrant Hawker (migrant/vagrant) |
Aeshna affinis |
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Norfolk Hawker |
Aeshna isosceles |
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Emperor Dragonfly |
Anax imperator |
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Lesser Emperor (migrant/vagrant) |
Anax parthenope |
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Green Darner (migrant/vagrant) |
Anax junius |
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Vagrant Emperor (migrant/vagrant) |
Hemianax ephippiger |
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Hairy Dragonfly |
Brachytron pratense |
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Club |
Family Gomphidae |
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Club |
Gomphus vulgatissimus |
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Golden |
Family Cordulegastridae |
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Golden |
Cordulegaster boltonii |
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Emerald Dragonflies |
Family Corduliidae |
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Downy Emerald |
Cordulia aenea |
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Brilliant Emerald |
Somatochlora metallica |
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Northern Emerald |
Somatochlora arctica |
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Orange |
Oxygastra curtisii |
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Chasers, Skimmers and Darters |
Family Libellulidae |
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Four |
Libellula quadrimaculata |
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Scarce Chaser |
Libellula fulva |
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Broad |
Libellula depressa |
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Black |
Orthetrum cancellatum |
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Keeled Skimmer |
Orthetrum coerulescens |
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Common Darter |
Sympetrum striolatum |
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Highland Darter |
Sympetrum nigrescens |
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Red |
Sympetrum fonscolombii |
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Yellow |
Sympetrum flaveolum |
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Ruddy Darter |
Sympetrum sanguineum |
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Black Darter |
Sympetrum danae |
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Vagrant Darter (migrant/vagrant) |
Sympetrum vulgatum |
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Banded Darter (migrant/vagrant) |
Sympetrum pedemontanum |
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Scarlet Dragonfly (migrant/vagrant) |
Crocothemis erythraea |
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Globe Skimmer (migrant/vagrant) |
Pantala flavescens |
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White |
Leucorrhinia dubia |
Field Guide to the dragonflies and Damselflies of Great Britain and Ireland by Steve Brooks and Richard Lewington for full species accounts and other information check the British Dragonflies website |
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