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Dragonflies & Damselflies Page 3
Image Taken on 10 Jun 2021
at 10:38 Image of day on 12 Jul 2021
This is a male Banded Demoiselle Damselfly sunning himself on a nettle leaf.
So far we have not spotted any female Banded Demoiselle Damselflies,
but may have missed some - they are rather similar to the Female
Beautiful.
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Image Taken on 22 Jun 2022
at 10:41 Image of day on 10 Aug 2022
Our first (visual only) sighting of a Banded Demoiselle Damselfly was 3 days
earlier.
The Beautiful Demoiselle Damselflies have almost finished - in the past
they have peaked here at about the same time. We MAY be seeing female Banded
Demoiselles, but they don't have the dark band and we find it hard to tell them
from The Beautiful females unless we see them both close together, when their
hues are subtly different.
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Image Taken on 22 Jun 2022
at 10:59 Image of day on 10 Aug 2022
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Image Taken on 18 Jul 2016
at 18:09 Image of day on 02 Sep 2016
This Banded Demoiselle posed long enough for this portrait that show the band
on the wings very clearly.
We first spotted a male Banded Demoiselle on 16th July 2016 we but couldn't get a photo at the time.
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Image Taken on 24 Jun 2019
at 15:34 Image of day on 10 Aug 2019
A brief sighting of a male Banded Demoiselle male several weeks ago is at last
supplemented by 2 male Banded Demoiselle Damselflies in and around the main
pond. Here one in an adjacent hedge.
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Image Taken on 12 Jun 2010
at 16:00 Image of day on 20 Jul 2010
This banded Demoiselle male sometimes returned to the
same spot providing an opportunity for a photo
alighting on a the Hop Sedge.
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Image Taken on 15 Jun 2023
at 13:04 Image of day on 10 Aug 2023
After the finish of the Beautiful Demoiselle Damselflies season we didn't expect to see any
Banded Demoiselles, but unexpectedly came across the single individual male.
He obliged with several elegant flights across our little photo-stage for us
before we put him back where we found him.
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Image Taken on 05 Jun 2010
at 13:37 Image of day on 20 Jul 2010
From a few days earlier, probably a different male from a
different pond taking a flight through our 'flight tunnel' before
being returned to where we caught him.
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Image Taken on 15 Jun 2023
at 13:05 Image of day on 10 Aug 2023
3 moments of flight constructed into an attractive montage.
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Image Taken on 30 Jun 2010
at 14:17 Image of day on 05 Aug 2010
We have been seeing male Banded demoiselles damselflies
fluttering around the sunlit hedges for a few days. Here is one
brought in for a little photo session.
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Image Taken on 22 Jun 2014
at 12:46 Image of day on 27 Aug 2014
We found this male Banded Demoiselle Damselfly at the North
boundary where we had been finding Beautiful Demoiselle
Damselflies a couples of weeks before.
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Image Taken on 18 Jun 2015
at 12:42 Image of day on 25 Aug 2015
The Banded Demoiselles have arrived. This male makes an
attractive colour contrast with the yellow buttercup. The
Buttercup is just a perch - the insect is a hunter not interested
in pollen or nectar.
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Image Taken on 01 Jun 2020
at 10:40 Image of day on 02 Jul 2020
Another male Banded Demoiselle Damselfly.
The shape of the dark band suggests that we haven't photographed the
same individual twice.
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Image Taken on 22 Jul 2014
at 15:52 Image of day on 28 Sep 2014
A male Banded Demoiselle Damselfly delicately resting on a grass seed head.
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Image Taken on 22 Jul 2014
at 15:55 Image of day on 28 Sep 2014
A male Banded Demoiselle Damselfly showing all 4 wings slightly spread, and a lovely shadow
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Image Taken on 05 Jul 2018
at 15:18 Image of day on 27 Aug 2018
A male Banded Demoiselle Damselfly perched delicately on a blackberry leaf.
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Image Taken on 03 Aug 2024
at 10:57 Image of day on 19 Sep 2024
A male Banded Demoiselle Damselfly perched on a fallen grass seed head.
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Image Taken on 22 Jul 2014
at 15:53 Image of day on 28 Sep 2014
A male Banded Demoiselle Damselfly take-off from the grass seed head which
is already starting to spring back up.
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Image Taken on 23 Jul 2008
at 15:56 Image of day on 02 Aug 2008
Some more Odonata (Dragonfly like insect) today and at least a
couple more alternate days. This female Banded Demoiselle (a
larger than average damselfly) is quite different to the male
which is blue and actually HAS got bands on his wings. Hope to
bring you her 'husband' if we can catch him for some photos!
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Image Taken on 23 Jul 2008
at 15:54 Image of day on 02 Aug 2008
Detail of the head - love the iridescence.
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