Thursday 21 May 2015

Dragonfly Time

Thurs. 21st
Took a leisurely walk around Thornden Wood finding a couple of ponds with dragonflies on the wing. Also I saw several garden warblers, two that were especially close plus chiffchaffs and blackcaps. Only had the little bridge camera which gives a big depth of field but not a particularly detailed shot.

 Azure Damselfly - Coenagrion puella. The only 'blue' seen

 Large Red Damselfly- Pyrrhosoma nymphula

 Female Broad-bodied chaser - Libellula depressa. Egg laying, chased by several fast flying males

Large red damselfly- never realized the female has blue legs!
Also my 3 books describes the thorax as black with red stripes not GREEN as seen here! Perhaps it changes colour later???

3 comments:

Warren Baker said...

Mike,
There are three colour forms for female Large Reds, one of which (Typica) has a green body, not quite sure why the male in your shot is green though!

Marc Heath said...

Nice to see you photographing some odonata Mike. A nice set.

Mike H said...

nice shots from the woods Mike.