Dragonfles & Damselflies - Leicestershire & Rutland

Leicestershire + Rutland

Damselflies

Demoiselles - Calopterygidae

Banded Demoiselle

Emeralds - Lestidae

Emerald Damselfly

White-Legged - Platycnemididae

White-legged Damselfly

Red & Blue Damselflies
Coenagrionidae

Azure Damselfly

Common Blue Damselfly

Dragonflies

Hawkers - Aeshnidae

Southern Hawker

Brown Hawker

Emperor Dragonfly

Chasers & Darters
Libellulidae

Images marked with an asterix* were not taken in Leicestershire but show species which are regularly seen here.

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Demoiselles - Calopterygidae


Banded Demoiselle

Emerald Damselflies- Lestidae


*Emerald Damselfy*

White-Legged Damselfies - Platycnemididae


*White-legged Damselfly*

Red & Blue Damselflies - Coenagrionidae


*Large Red Damselfly*	*Azure Damselfly*	Common Blue Damselfly	Blue-tailed Damselfly


Red-eyed Damselfly

Hawker Dragonflies - Aeshnidae


Migrant Hawker	*Southern Hawker*	*Brown Hawker*	Emperor Dragonfly

Chasers, Skimmers & Darters - Libellulidae

(female)


Four-Spotted Chaser*	Broad-bodied Chaser (male)	Broad-bodied Chaser (female)


*Black-Tailed Skimmer (male)*	*Black-Tailed Skimmer* (female)*


*Common Darter*	Ruddy Darter*