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| (Harris 1780) | (Harris 1780) | (Harris 1780) | (Charpentier 1840) | (Charpentier 1840) |
| Odonta - Zygoptera | Odonta - Zygoptera | Odonta - Zygoptera | Odonta - Zygoptera | Odonta - Zygoptera |
| Banded Demoiselle Damselfly | Banded Demoiselle Damselfly | Banded Demoiselle Damselfly | Common Blue Damselfly | Common Blue Damselfly |
| Calopteryx splendens | Calopteryx splendens | Calopteryx splendens | Enallagma cyathigerum | Enallagma cyathigerum |
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Status: Resident in UK. Wing Span: 58mm to 72mm. When Around: May until September. Habitat: Slow muddy bottom rivers, or streams through meadows. Comment: Common and wide spread in Wales, most of Ireland and southern England as far north as Yorkshire. There are also some isolated colonies in the Lake District in Cumberland. |
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Status: Resident in UK. Wing Span: 37mm to 39mm When Around: May to August. Habitat: Habitats are most places with still, or slow flowing water. Comment: Common and widely distributed throughout the British Isles. Very similar to the Azure Blue, but doesn't have the black spur on the side of the thorax. |
| (Linnaeus 1758) | (Linnaeus 1758) | (Linnaeus 1758) | (Linnaeus 1758) | |
| Odonta - Zygoptera | Odonta - Zygoptera | Odonta - Zygoptera | Odonta - Zygoptera | |
| Azure Blue Damselfly | Azure Blue Damselfly | Azure Blue Damselfly | Azure Blue Damselfly | |
| Coenagrion puella | Coenagrion puella | Coenagrion puella | Coenagrion puella | |
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Status: Resident in UK. Wing Span: 40mm to 42mm When Around: May until August. Habitat: Habitats are most types of wetland, including drainage ditches, acidic moor land bogs, pools, ponds, lakes. However it appears to avoid fast flowing streams and rivers. Comment: This species is common and widespread throughout the British Isles. |
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| (Van Linden 1820) | (Van Linden 1820) | (Van Linden 1820) | (Sulzer 1776) | (Sulzer 1776) |
| Odonta - Zygoptera | Odonta - Zygoptera | Odonta - Zygoptera | Odonta - Zygoptera | Odonta - Zygoptera |
| Blue-tailed Damselfly | Blue-tailed Damselfly | Blue-tailed Damselfly | Large Red Damselfly | Large Red Damselfly |
| Ischnura elegans | Ischnura elegans | Ischnura elegans | Pyrrhosoma nymphula | Pyrrhosoma nymphula |
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Status: Resident in UK. Wing Span: 34mm to 36mm When Around: May until September. Habitat: Habitats are most types of wetland, including drainage ditches, acidic moor land bogs, pools, ponds, lakes. However it appears to avoid fast flowing streams and rivers. Comment: This species is common and widespread throughout the British Isles. |
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Status: Resident in UK. Wing Span: 43mm to 45mm When Around: April to early September. Habitat: Most wet places like drainage ditches, acid moors, bogs, pools, ponds, lakes. It seems to avoid fast flowing water. Comment: widespread and and common throughout the UK. |
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Status: Resident in UK. Wing Span: mm to mm When Around: May Habitat: Habitats Comment: This |
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Teneral adults have just emerged, it will take a day or, two to achieve their full colouration. |
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