large red damselfly – Page 2 – Jill Orme Photography

14 Jun 2023

Refuge

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

We have two potted fountain bamboos next to the free-standing pond on our patio. I didn’t put them there specifically for the Large Red Damselflies, but their colouring means that they provide excellent cover for immature specimens, and they’re often … Continued

29 Apr 2023

Surprise

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

I was absent-mindedly stalking some tiny 22-spot ladybirds around the honeysuckle this morning, as they trundled about looking for the mildew on which they feed, when a comparatively huge something (12mm in length, as opposed to around 4mm for the … Continued

21 May 2022

Resting

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

This afternoon I went hunting small early butterflies at a nearby brownfield site with HelenJG and her friend C. We made some pretty good finds, including the first Brown Argus I’d seen this year, and a very unexpected Green Hairstreak, … Continued

8 May 2022

Eclosure

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

Had I managed to update the images on the front page of my web site today without a two-hour battle with WordPress (which is, as you may know, the invention of the devil), I’d have been out in the garden … Continued

29 Apr 2022

Happiness

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

Happiness is standing chatting to your husband in the sunny garden, and then glancing past him and going, “Whoa! Wait – what?!!” because there’s a perfect Large Red Damselfly about a metre away, on a fresh leaf of the red … Continued

25 Apr 2022

New girl

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

There were two Large Red Damselflies working the wild garden this morning, this female and a male, both semi-mature, and neither, so far as I can see, having come out of either of our ponds. They were fairly skittish and … Continued

18 Jul 2021

Steamy

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

Things are hotting up in our garden. Having populated the village with a good number of Large Red Damselflies from both our ponds over the past month or so, it was highly likely that some of them would return at … Continued

17 Jul 2021

Close encounter

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

The mini-heatwave that the weather forecast has been promising us arrived today, reminding me that however grumpy I get when it’s too cold or wet for my insect subjects to be on the wing, many of them don’t appreciate it … Continued

7 Jul 2021

Revealed

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

A steady stream of Large Red Damselflies, plus a few Azures and Blue-tails, are still emerging from our patio pond. In the case of the Large Reds this ongoing emergence is now somewhat out of its normal season: this is … Continued

3 Jul 2021

Almost…

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

There seems to be a theme developing in our house on a Saturday: there I was, mid-morning, still in my nightshirt (again), doing something unmemorable at my desk (again), when R stuck his head round my study door and said … Continued

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