Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Great Britain and IrelandSteve Brooks |
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abdomen abdominal segment adults anal appendages antehumeral stripes Apr May Jun areas Aug Sep Oct Azure Hawker bankside Beautiful Demoiselle behaviour Habitat Black Darter Black-tailed Skimmer bog pools breeding sites Britain Broad-bodied Chaser Brown Hawker caudal lamellae colour Common Darter Common Hawker copulation Darter Sympetrum Description Jizz ditches dorsal Downy Emerald dragonfly larvae Ecology and behaviour eggs Emerald Damselfly emergent vegetation England eyes Field characters Four-spotted Chaser Golden-ringed Dragonfly green habitat Hairy Dragonfly immature insects Ireland Jul Aug Sep Jun Jul Aug Keeled Skimmer lakes larvae legs mate Mature males Migrant Hawker Norfolk Hawker occur Oct Nov Dec onfly oviposition pair perch ponds populations prey pterostigma Red-eyed Damselfly rivers Ruddy Darter Scarce Chaser Scarce Emerald Sep Oct Nov shallow Similar species Small Red Damselfly Southern Damselfly Southern Hawker spine spots Status and conservation streams submerged tandem territorial thorax tion usually Variable Damselfly White-legged Damselfly wings woodland yellow