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Downy
27 Apr 2026

Downy

by JDO | posted in: Dragonflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Wiltshire | 0

R and I have both been a bit under the weather recently – we were supposed to have been going to Cardiff on Saturday, for L’s animation festival and to see the family, but had to cry off. Today though … Continued

boardwalk, Cordulia aenea, Downy Emerald, dragonfly, emergence, handrail, Lower Moor, Odonata, Sandpool Reserve, teneral, Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, woodland
Teneral
9 Jun 2025

Teneral

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

“The afternoon dragonfly patrol has started,” said R as I walked back into the garden. I’d been up at Tilly’s field, searching without success for Wool Carders and grasshoppers, and was a bit annoyed to have missed this particular milestone … Continued

30 days wild, Aeshna cyanea, dragonfly, emergence, Odonata, pond, southern hawker, teneral, water lily
Relationship
25 Jul 2024

Relationship

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

As far as I know, invertebrates don’t go in for existential philosophising, but I can’t help but feel that it must be a little strange to be in a relationship, albeit temporary, with your former skeleton. Though to be fair, … Continued

Aeshna cyanea, dragonfly, emergence, exuvia, garden, Odonata, pond, southern hawker, teneral, wildlife pond
Southern Hawker factory
18 Jul 2024

Southern Hawker factory

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

The tiny wildlife pond R dug out and installed for me as a Covid lockdown project – it’s maybe four feet by three, and about eighteen inches at its deepest point – has suddenly turned into a bit of a … Continued

Aeshna cyanea, dragonfly, emergence, exuvia, garden, Odonata, pond, pond sedge, southern hawker, teneral, wildlife pond
Pale frail male
6 Jun 2024

Pale frail male

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

There was very little going on in our garden this morning, invert-wise, so I took a walk along the lane. After being farmed as a hay meadow for a number of years, and supporting the best population of butterflies in … Continued

30 days wild, Aeshna cyanea, damselfly, dragonfly, large red damselfly, Odonata, pond, Pyrrhosoma nymphula, reed bed, southern hawker, tandem, teneral
Happy
4 May 2024

Happy

by JDO | posted in: Dragonflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Wiltshire | 0

Finding that a free morning had coincided with the return of sunny weather, I whisked off down to Lower Moor in Wiltshire, in search of Downy Emeralds. To my intense satisfaction it turned out that there was a mass emergence … Continued

boardwalk, Cordulia aenea, Cottage Lake, Downy Emerald, dragonfly, emergence, handrail, Lower Moor, nature reserve, Odonata, teneral, Wiltshire Wildlife Trust
Naked
28 Jun 2023

Naked

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

I spent quite a bit of the morning scuttling up and down the garden to check on the Red-legged Shieldbugs on the apple tree, but still managed to miss the moment when this brand-new adult emerged, because R and I … Continued

30 days wild, apple tree, bug, ecdysis, Forest Bug, garden, Pentatoma rufipes, red legged shieldbug, teneral
Empress
24 May 2023

Empress

by JDO | posted in: Dragonflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Wiltshire | 0

Voting for the coveted Dragon of the Day award resolved down to a nail-biting head-to-head between this teneral female Emperor, and a male Four-spotted Chaser whom I photographed mid-emergence. In the end the Emperor (Empress?) won because I’ve never seen … Continued

Anax imperator, dragonfly, Emperor, Lower Moor Nature Reserve, Odonata, reed bed, teneral, Wiltshire Wildlife Trust

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