Damselflies – Jill Orme Photography

9 Jun 2026

Green

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Damselflies, Invertebrates, My garden, Odonata, Worcestershire | 0

Some people have fairies living at the bottom of their gardens, allegedly. We have Beautiful Demoiselles, which I think is much nicer. This morning when I came down for breakfast there was a Green Woodpecker digging the top lawn for … Continued

8 Jun 2026

Elegant

by JDO | posted in: Butterflies, Damselflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Worcestershire | 0

R and I spent the day trying to recover from the surfeit of fun we had with the Boy Wonder over the weekend. My urge to get out and about wasn’t strengthened by the weather, which was horrible for the … Continued

25 May 2026

Selfie

by JDO | posted in: Damselflies, Invertebrates, My garden, Odonata, Worcestershire | 0

Blipfoto tells me that this is my 4,380th post, and after going through the usual kind of thought process: Twelve years?? Surely not!! That’s a lot of photos… and a LOT of words! No wonder I’m so tired all the … Continued

22 May 2026

Steps

by JDO | posted in: Damselflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Worcestershire | 0

I decided to go to Croome today, on the grounds that it must surely be dragonfly city by now, but sadly it wasn’t. To be fair, there were many scores of damselflies around, but most were teneral and all were … Continued

21 May 2026

Hanging loose

by JDO | posted in: Damselflies, Dragonflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Worcestershire | 0

The Community Orchard at Cleeve Prior has been a bit of a disappointment this season, Odonata-wise. Up till today all I’d managed to record there were a couple of Azure Damselflies and a single Banded Demoiselle, plus, just yesterday, three … Continued

17 May 2026

Mrs White-Legs

by JDO | posted in: Damselflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Worcestershire | 0

Another day of highly variable weather – sun, wind, cloud, rain, sleet, hail, plagues of locusts*, etc. – settled just enough at lunch time to allow at least the possibility that a few insects might emerge from their roosts, so … Continued

13 May 2026

Blue

by JDO | posted in: Damselflies, Invertebrates, My garden, Odonata, Worcestershire | 0

Last week I posted an atypical blue-form female Azure Damselfly, and commented that even once she achieved fully mature colouration she wouldn’t look as blue as a male of the same species, because her coloured markings were less extensive. In … Continued

10 May 2026

Predatory

by JDO | posted in: Damselflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Worcestershire | 0

There are now so many Banded Demoiselles at the old wharf at Cleeve Prior Mill that they’ve had to spread themselves out around the entire site. Some of the males are now fully mature and looking to breed, so they’ve … Continued

8 May 2026

Prongles

by JDO | posted in: Damselflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Worcestershire | 0

A couple of days ago I posted a close-up head shot of a Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens). Here’s an even closer one of her cousin, the Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo), but shot from a different angle so as to show … Continued

7 May 2026

Azure

by JDO | posted in: Damselflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Worcestershire | 0

I had to go to Coventry this afternoon, so I took a mid-morning trip to Cleeve Prior Mill, hoping to get the day’s photos wrapped up beforehand. Neither of my two current target species has turned up yet, but the … Continued

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