Dragonflies and Damselflies

Picture Index

I have uploaded several of my photographs and some from Andrew Harmer of Dragonflies and Damselflies. Andrew won the 1996 British Dragonfly Society photographic competition with his stunning pictures of dragonflies in flight.
This page gives the species name, a brief description of the image and the location and year photographed. It is arranged in the classification order used in The Dragonflies of Europe by R. R. Askew.

I will be adding to the pictures held here from time to time.

Calopteryx virgo - Beautiful Demoiselle Male perched on reeds River Tove, Abthorpe - 1997
Calopteryx virgo - Beautiful Demoiselle Male and females perched on reeds River Tove, Abthorpe - 1997
Calopteryx splendens - Banded Demoiselle Male perched on umbellifer River Ousel, Milton Keynes - 1992
Calopteryx splendens - Banded Demoiselle Female perched on umbellifer River Ousel, Milton Keynes - 1992
Calopteryx splendens - Banded Demoiselle Pair in tandem River Ousel, Milton Keynes - 1992
Calopteryx splendens - Banded Demoiselle Male perched on reed River Ouse, Cold Brafield - 1988
Calopteryx splendens - Banded Demoiselle Female on Nettle River Ousel, Milton Keynes - 1992
Calopteryx splendens - Banded Demoiselle Male eating a mayfly River Thames, Goring - 1997
Calopteryx splendens - Banded Demoiselle Pair in mating wheel ARC Great Linford, Milton Keynes - 1997
Calopteryx splendens - Banded Demoiselle Male caught in spider's web River Thames, Goring - 1997
Lestes sponsa - Emerald Damselfly Male on rushes Near Epping Forest - 1992
Pyrrhosoma nymphula - Large Red Damselfly Top view of male Christchurch, Hampshire - 1997
Pyrrhosoma nymphula - Large Red Damselfly Female on gorse Christchurch, Hampshire - 1997
Pyrrhosoma nymphula - Large Red Damselfly Male Haversham, Milton Keynes - 1999
Erythromma najas - Red-eyed Damselfly Male on water lily pad Great Linford, Milton Keynes - 1995
Platycnemis pennipes - White-legged Damselfly Side view of male River Ousel, Milton Keynes - 1992
Platycnemis pennipes - White-legged Damselfly Top view of male River Ousel, Milton Keynes - 1992
Platycnemis pennipes - White-legged Damselfly Males in tandem with females ovipositing in Water Crowfoot River Ousel, Milton Keynes - 1992
Platycnemis pennipes - White-legged Damselfly Teneral specimen caught in spider's web River Thames, Goring - 1997
Coenagrion puella - Azure Damselfly Top view of male River Ousel, Milton Keynes - 1992
Coenagrion puella - Azure Damselfly Side view of male River Tove, Castlethorpe - 2000
Enallagma cyathigerum - Common Blue Damselfly Side view of male Emberton Park, Olney - 1992
Enallagma cyathigerum - Common Blue Damselfly Many males on reeds ARC Great Linford, Milton Keynes - 1997
Ischnura elegans - Blue-tailed Damselfly Immature female (f. violacea) Emberton Park, Olney - 1991
Ischnura elegans - Blue-tailed Damselfly Side view of male Walton Lake, Milton Keynes - 1992
Ischnura elegans - Blue-tailed Damselfly Side view of female River Tove, Castlethorpe - 2000
Ischnura elegans - Blue-tailed Damselfly Pair in mating wheel Emberton Park, Olney - 1991
Ceriagrion tenellum - Small Red Damselfly Side view of male New Forest, Hampshire - 1991
Ceriagrion tenellum - Small Red Damselfly Pair in tandem New Forest, Hampshire - 1991
Ceriagrion tenellum - Small Red Damselfly Male New Forest, Hampshire - 1991
Gomphus vulgatissimus - Club-tailed Dragonfly Newly emerged male drying its wings River Thames, Goring - 1997
Gomphus vulgatissimus - Club-tailed Dragonfly Emerging River Thames, Goring - 1997
Gomphus vulgatissimus - Club-tailed Dragonfly Newly emerged male, close-up of head River Thames, Goring - 1997
Gomphus vulgatissimus - Club-tailed Dragonfly Newly emerged male drying its wings River Thames, Goring - 1997
Aeshna grandis - Brown Hawker In flight! by Andrew Harmer - 1996
Aeshna grandis - Brown Hawker Side view of female Emberton Park, Olney - 1996
Aeshna grandis - Brown Hawker Top view of female Emberton Park, Olney - 1996
Aeshna grandis - Brown Hawker Close up Emberton Park, Olney - 1996
Aeshna grandis - Brown Hawker Female ovipositing on floating log Ashton Mill Dragonfly Museum, Oundle - 1997
Aeshna grandis - Brown Hawker Female ovipositing on floating log Ashton Mill Dragonfly Museum, Oundle - 1997
Aeshna cyanea - Southern Hawker Female in flight with butterfly by Andrew Harmer - 1996
Aeshna cyanea - Southern Hawker Male - perched by Anne Groves - 1998
Aeshna cyanea - Southern Hawker Male - perched Howe Park Wood - 2000
Aeshna cyanea - Southern Hawker Close-up of eyes Hanslope - 2000
Aeshna isosceles - Norfolk Hawker Male(?) on reed Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk - 1993
Aeshna isosceles - Norfolk Hawker Male(?) on reed Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk - 1998
Aeshna mixta - Migrant Hawker Top view of male Emberton Park, Olney - 1996
Aeshna mixta - Migrant Hawker Male in flight Emberton Park, Olney - 1996
Aeshna mixta - Migrant Hawker Female, three-quarter view Emberton Park, Olney - 1996
Aeshna mixta - Migrant Hawker Top view of male Emberton Park, Olney - 1996
Brachytron pratense - Hairy Dragonfly Side view of male Blue Lagoon - 2000
Libellula quadrimaculata - Four-spotted Libellula Top view of male Pitstone Fen, near Tring - 1991
Libellula quadrimaculata - Four-spotted Libellula Side view of male Emberton Park, Olney - 1991
Libellula quadrimaculata - Four-spotted Libellula Side view of male River Ouse, Haversham - 1993
Libellula depressa - Broad-bodied Libellula Top view of male Great Linford, Milton Keynes - 1992
Libellula depressa - Broad-bodied Libellula Three quarter view of female Porton Down, Hampshire - 1993
Orthetrum cancellatum - Black-tailed Skimmer Front view of male Great Linford, Milton Keynes - 1992
Orthetrum cancellatum - Black-tailed Skimmer Male basking on ground Howe Park Wood, Milton Keynes - 1997
Orthetrum cancellatum - Black-tailed Skimmer Female basking on ground Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk - 1998
Orthetrum coerulescens - Keeled Skimmer Side view of female on Heather Thursley Common, Surrey - 1991
Sympetrum striolatum - Common Darter Top view of male Emberton Park, Olney - 1991
Sympetrum striolatum - Common Darter Top view of male Blue Lagoon, Milton Keynes - 1984
Sympetrum striolatum - Common Darter Pair in mating wheel Emberton Park, Olney - 1996
Sympetrum striolatum - Common Darter Top view of male Emberton Park, Olney - 1996
Sympetrum striolatum - Common Darter Old individuals sunbathing on tree trunk Little Linford Wood - 1996
Sympetrum striolatum - Common Darter Top view of female Cosgrove - 1998
Sympetrum striolatum - Common Darter Close-up of female Hanslope - 2000
Sympetrum sanguineum - Ruddy Darter Male, side view Great Linford, Milton Keynes - 1995


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