Beautiful Demoiselle
Flight period: May to August
The Beautiful Demoiselle is often confused for a dragonfly but it is in fact a large damselfly. Males have dark coloured wings and metallic blue-green bodies whilst females have brown wings and metallic green-bronze bodies with pale brown wings. The Beautiful Demoiselle is similar to the Banded Demoiselle but the males of the latter species have distinctive dark patches in the middle of their wings.
The Beautiful Demoiselle has fluttering butterfly-like wings. Males often rest on bankside vegetation awaiting passing females and they use their fluttering flight as a courtship display.
The Beautiful Demoiselle is mainly seen along streams and rivers, particularly those with sand or gravel bottoms. It is locally abundant and mostly found west of a line between Liverpool and Folkestone and in southern Ireland.
Date: 15th June 2021
Location: Old Lodge SWT reserve, High Weald, East Sussex
The Beautiful Demoiselle is often confused for a dragonfly but it is in fact a large damselfly. Males have dark coloured wings and metallic blue-green bodies whilst females have brown wings and metallic green-bronze bodies with pale brown wings. The Beautiful Demoiselle is similar to the Banded Demoiselle but the males of the latter species have distinctive dark patches in the middle of their wings.
The Beautiful Demoiselle has fluttering butterfly-like wings. Males often rest on bankside vegetation awaiting passing females and they use their fluttering flight as a courtship display.
The Beautiful Demoiselle is mainly seen along streams and rivers, particularly those with sand or gravel bottoms. It is locally abundant and mostly found west of a line between Liverpool and Folkestone and in southern Ireland.
Date: 15th June 2021
Location: Old Lodge SWT reserve, High Weald, East Sussex
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