Identifying animals on our land |
Ants, Bees and Wasps | Beetles | Bugs | Butterflies | Crickets and Grasshoppers | Crustaceans | Flies |
Mayflies, Dragonflies and Damselflies | Moths | Spiders | Amphibians and Reptiles | Birds | Mammals |
Mayflies and Dragonflies & Damselflies - 51 and 59 species UK species |
Damselflies (2 species) | |
Damselfly Naiad (nympth) - Zygoptera (nalad) Found in Garden pond ![]() Photographed and first ID 6th February 2025 |
Large Red Damselfly - Pyrrhosoma nymphula Seen in Garden pond over a few days ![]() Photographed and first ID 2nd June 2025 |
Common Blue Damselfly - Enallagma cyathigerum Seen in Garden pond over a few days ![]() Photographed and first ID 20th June 2025 |
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Demoiselles (1 species) | |
Beautuful Demoiselle (female)- Calopteryx vurgo Occassional viewings bottom of Oak ![]() Photographed and first ID 25th May 2025 |
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Dragonflies (3 species) | |
Broad bodied Chaser - Libellula depressa Lots round all ponds May to July 2025 ![]() Photographed 18th May 2025 (First ID 14th May) |
Emperor Dragonfly - Anax imperator Seen round a few ponds May to July 2025 ![]() Photographed 3rd July 2025 (first ID 26th May) |
Golden Ringed Dragonfly - Cordulegaster boltonii Seen once in allotment (July 24) eating a bumble bee ![]() Photographed and first ID 28th July 2024 |
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Mayflies (2 species) | |
Pond Olive - Claeon dipterum Seen once (June 24) on decking ![]() Photographed and first ID 29th June 2024 |
Sepia Dun - Leptophlebia marginata Lots seen for a few days May 2025 ![]() Photographed and first ID 30th May 2025 |