David Element
Wildlife Photography and Digital Video Images
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Dragonflies and Damselflies 24 - Emerald Damselflies
COMMON
EMERALD DAMSELFLY Lestes sponsa
SMALL EMERALD DAMSELFLY Lestes virens
WILLOW EMERALD DAMSELFLY Chalcolestes viridis
- Three very similar damselfly
species are illustrated (using old scanned transparency photographs) for
comparison. As the European climate has warmed up some continental
damselflies have spread their ranges further north and a couple of new
species have arrived in the UK recently including the Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis.
This insect is now known to have bred in Kent as long ago as 1992 (source:
'British
Wildlife' Volume
15 Number 4, April 2004) and it has spread rapidly since
this page was originally written. Dragonflies
41 illustrates this species in greater
detail using photographs of a much higher quality!
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