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WETLAND INSECTS
Here is a gallery of photographs of wetland insects from the UK (mainly, but not exclusively, damselflies and dragonflies).
All images are © Andrew Bourke. If you would like to use one, please contact me (see e-mail address on Contact page). If you think I've made a mistake in any of the identifications, please also let me know.
To enlarge any images (and see the scientific name), and/or to click through them, click on any one.
Banded Demoiselle, female, River Yare, Norwich, Norfolk, May 2020 | Banded Demoiselle, male, River Yare, Norwich, Norfolk, May 2020 |
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Emerald Damselfly, female, NWT Upton Broad, Norfolk, July 2021 | Emerald Damselfly, male, NWT Upton Broad, Norfolk, July 2021 |
Large Red Damselfly, pair in mating wheel, Norwich, Norfolk, July 2021 | Variable Damselfly, male, RSPB Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, June 2023 |
Variable Damselfly, male, RSPB Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, June 2023 | Blue-tailed Damselfly, female, form rufescens, NWT Upton Broad, Norfolk, July 2021 |
Red-eyed Damselfly, male, Ted Ellis Nature Reserve (Wheatfen Broad), Norfolk, June 2024 | Norfolk Hawker, male, RSPB Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, June 2022 |
Norfolk Hawker, male, RSPB Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, June 2024 | Norfolk Hawker, pair in mating wheel, RSPB Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, June 2018 |
Migrant Hawker, male, RSPB Buckenham Marshes, Norfolk, Sept 2024 | Emperor Dragonfly, female laying eggs, RSPB Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, June 2024 |
Emperor Dragonfly, male, Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, July 2023 | Hairy Dragonfly, female, RSPB Lakenheath Fen, Suffolk, May 2023 |
Hairy Dragonfly, male, RSPB Lakenheath Fen, Suffolk, May 2023 | Scarce Chaser, female, RSPB Lakenheath Fen, Suffolk, June 2021 |
Scarce Chaser, male, Ted Ellis Nature Reserve (Wheatfen Broad), Norfolk, June 2024 | Scarce Chaser, male, Ted Ellis Nature Reserve (Wheatfen Broad), Norfolk, June 2024 |
Four-spotted Chaser, RSPB Lakenheath Fen, Suffolk, May 2023 | Black-tailed Skimmer, male, Ted Ellis Nature Reserve (Wheatfen Broad), Norfolk, June 2024 |
Black-tailed Skimmer, male, RSPB Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, June 2022 | Keeled Skimmer, male, NWT Roydon Common, Norfolk, Aug 2024 |
Keeled Skimmer, immature male, NWT Buxton Heath, Norfolk, June 2021 | Black Darter, male, Dersingham Bog NNR, Norfolk, Aug 2024 |
Ruddy Darter, male, NWT Hickling Broad, Norfolk, Aug 2016 | Ruddy Darter, pair in mating wheel, NT Dunwich Heath, Suffolk, Aug 2015 |
Common Darter, immature male, Norwich, Norfolk, Aug 2024 | Common Darter, male, RSPB Buckenham Marshes, Norfolk, Sept 2024 |
Roesel's Bush-cricket, female, Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, July 2023 | Short-winged Cone-head, female, RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk, Sept 2013 |
Slender Ground-hopper, NWT Buxton Heath, Norfolk, June 2021 | Black-headed Cardinal Beetle, RSPB Lakenheath Fen, Suffolk, June 2021 |
Longhorn beetle,Ted Ellis Nature Reserve (Wheatfen Broad), Norfolk, June 2024 | Hoverfly, female, RSPB North Warren, Suffolk, Aug 2008 |
Hoverfly, male, NWT Upton Broad, Norfolk, July 2021 | Swallowtail, caterpillar, NWT Ranworth Broad, Norfolk, Aug 2024 |
Brimstone, male, Ted Ellis Nature Reserve (Wheatfen Broad), Norfolk, June 2008 | Drinker moth, caterpillar, RSPB Lakenheath Fen, Suffolk, May 2023 |
Figwort Sawfly, RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk, Aug 2008 | Fen Mason Wasp, female (with weevil larva prey), NWT Hickling Broad, Norfolk, June 2024 |
Fen Mason Wasp, male, NWT Hickling Broad, Norfolk, June 2024 |
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