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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.

Calopteryx spendens

Banded Demoiselle, female, River Yare, Norwich, Norfolk, May 2020

Calopteryx spendens

Banded Demoiselle, male, River Yare, Norwich, Norfolk, May 2020

Lestes sponsa

Emerald Damselfly, female, NWT Upton Broad, Norfolk, July 2021

Lestes sponsa

Emerald Damselfly, male, NWT Upton Broad, Norfolk, July 2021

Pyrrhosoma nymphula

Large Red Damselfly, pair in mating wheel, Norwich, Norfolk, July 2021

Coenagrion pulchellum

Variable Damselfly, male, RSPB Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, June 2023

Coenagrion pulchellum

Variable Damselfly, male, RSPB Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, June 2023

Ischnura elegans

Blue-tailed Damselfly, female, form rufescens, NWT Upton Broad, Norfolk, July 2021

Erythromma najas

Red-eyed Damselfly, male, Ted Ellis Nature Reserve (Wheatfen Broad), Norfolk, June 2024

Aeshna isosceles

Norfolk Hawker, male, RSPB Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, June 2022

Aeshna isosceles

Norfolk Hawker, male, RSPB Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, June 2024

Aeshna isosceles

Norfolk Hawker, pair in mating wheel, RSPB Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, June 2018

Aeshna mixta

Migrant Hawker, male, RSPB Buckenham Marshes, Norfolk, Sept 2024

Anax imperator

Emperor Dragonfly, female laying eggs, RSPB Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, June 2024

Anax imperator

Emperor Dragonfly, male, Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, July 2023

Brachytron pratense

Hairy Dragonfly, female, RSPB Lakenheath Fen, Suffolk, May 2023

Brachytron pratense

Hairy Dragonfly, male, RSPB Lakenheath Fen, Suffolk, May 2023

Libellula fulva

Scarce Chaser, female, RSPB Lakenheath Fen, Suffolk, June 2021

Libellula fulva

Scarce Chaser, male, Ted Ellis Nature Reserve (Wheatfen Broad), Norfolk, June 2024

Libellula fulva

Scarce Chaser, male, Ted Ellis Nature Reserve (Wheatfen Broad), Norfolk, June 2024

Libellula quadrimaculata

Four-spotted Chaser, RSPB Lakenheath Fen, Suffolk, May 2023

Orthetrum cancellatum

Black-tailed Skimmer, male, Ted Ellis Nature Reserve (Wheatfen Broad), Norfolk, June 2024

Orthetrum cancellatum

Black-tailed Skimmer, male, RSPB Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, June 2022

Orthetrum coerulescens

Keeled Skimmer, male, NWT Roydon Common, Norfolk, Aug 2024

Orthetrum coerulescens

Keeled Skimmer, immature male, NWT Buxton Heath, Norfolk, June 2021

Sympetrum danae

Black Darter, male, Dersingham Bog NNR, Norfolk, Aug 2024

Sympetrum sanguineum

Ruddy Darter, male, NWT Hickling Broad, Norfolk, Aug 2016

Sympetrum sanguineum

Ruddy Darter, pair in mating wheel, NT Dunwich Heath, Suffolk, Aug 2015

Sympetrum striolatum

Common Darter, immature male, Norwich, Norfolk, Aug 2024

Sympetrum striolatum

Common Darter, male, RSPB Buckenham Marshes, Norfolk, Sept 2024

Roeseliana roeselii

Roesel's Bush-cricket, female, Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, July 2023

Conocephalus dorsalis

Short-winged Cone-head, female, RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk, Sept 2013

Tetrix subulata

Slender Ground-hopper, NWT Buxton Heath, Norfolk, June 2021

Pyrochroa coccinea

Black-headed Cardinal Beetle, RSPB Lakenheath Fen, Suffolk, June 2021

Agapanthia villosoviridescens

Longhorn beetle,Ted Ellis Nature Reserve (Wheatfen Broad), Norfolk, June 2024

Eristalis intricaria

Hoverfly, female, RSPB North Warren, Suffolk, Aug 2008

Sericomyia silentis

Hoverfly, male, NWT Upton Broad, Norfolk, July 2021

Papilio machaon

Swallowtail, caterpillar, NWT Ranworth Broad, Norfolk, Aug 2024

Gonepteryx rhamni

Brimstone, male, Ted Ellis Nature Reserve (Wheatfen Broad), Norfolk, June 2008

Euthrix potatoria

Drinker moth, caterpillar, RSPB Lakenheath Fen, Suffolk, May 2023

Tenthredo scrophulariae

Figwort Sawfly, RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk, Aug 2008

Odynerus simillimus

Fen Mason Wasp, female (with weevil larva prey), NWT Hickling Broad, Norfolk, June 2024

Odynerus simillimus

Fen Mason Wasp, male, NWT Hickling Broad, Norfolk, June 2024

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