large red damselfly – Page 2 – Jill Orme Photography

20 May 2024

Expansive

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

This female isn’t the first Large Red Damselfly to emerge from our ponds this season, but she’s the first I’ve caught in the act. By the time I saw her she’d reached the stage of rocking slightly back and forth, … Continued

11 May 2024

Emergent

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

When I first saw this emergent female Large Red Damselfly this morning I was terribly worried about her, because the stem she’d chosen for support was in contact with the wooden surround of the patio pond – and worse still, … Continued

23 Apr 2024

First

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

I went to Trench Wood this afternoon, for the first time this year – not really expecting to find very much, but on the remote off chance that it might be teeming with inverts. It wasn’t, but I did spot … Continued

25 Jun 2023

Smiler

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

I had very little time for photography today, but I quickly set up the R7 this morning, and trotted off down the garden to try it out. My snap review is that it produces very sharp images when you can … Continued

21 Jun 2023

Gaze

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

The strangely belated Large Red Damselfly emergence in our garden carried on today: one emerged from the patio pond, and six from the wildlife pond. This, though, is one of yesterday’s immatures – the last of three that came out … Continued

16 Jun 2023

Clot

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

The synchronised emergence of Large Red Damselflies from our ponds that conspicuously didn’t happen six weeks ago when we were hoping and looking for it, seems to be happening now. Today we had four emerge from the wildlife pond, and … Continued

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