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Post by NellyDee on May 28, 2018 16:04:28 GMT
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Post by aeshna5 on May 29, 2018 4:48:42 GMT
Small Red Damselfly isn't found in Scotland; it's a southern species.You have a Large Red Damselfly- note the dark legs (pale red on Small Red) amongst other things.
I would say the skater is a Gerris species.
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Post by NellyDee on May 29, 2018 9:31:26 GMT
What would I do without you aeshna! So now named Pyrrhosoma nymphula Large Damsel and Gerris lacustris Pond Skater Thank you! Can I be cheeky and ask about this which I think is a boatman, however it was obviously feasting on a smaller insect with wings that appeared to be under the water or maybe emerging.  DSCF2441 by Helen Skelton, on Flickr |
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Post by teasel on May 29, 2018 10:11:45 GMT
it looks more like a beetle to me, this will help if you have a microscope 
maybe a lesser diving beetle?
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Post by aeshna5 on May 29, 2018 17:55:15 GMT
Yes a beetle but not sure of its identity.
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Post by NellyDee on May 30, 2018 11:00:14 GMT
It is a Lesser Boatman Corixa punctata. What I was more interested in was what it appeared to be feeding on, small white insects with wings that were under the water. The one to the rear of the Boatman was moving along the roots of a water plant.
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Post by NellyDee on May 30, 2018 11:17:50 GMT
See my last post re beetle. Yet another insect to ID please - I have done a search on www.british-dragonflies.org.uk/home and the only one that fits the bill is a Broad-bodied Chaser, trouble it is say it does not come up as far as Scotland, seems to be very much south.  DSCF2469 by Helen Skelton, on Flickr |
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Post by teasel on May 30, 2018 17:10:40 GMT
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Post by aeshna5 on Jun 7, 2018 6:48:33 GMT
The last dragonfly isn't Broad-bodied Chaser (nowhere nearly chunky enough) but the closely related Four-spotted Chaser.
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Post by NellyDee on Jun 14, 2018 10:24:58 GMT
There is an amazing number of large Red Damselfly around the pond - never seen so many and a lovely Dragonfly - ID? Think I saw a lavae in the pond,but could not get photo as kept going under the pond weed.  large red damselfly by Helen Skelton, on Flickr  Dragonfly by Helen Skelton, on Flickr |
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Post by aeshna5 on Jun 14, 2018 15:27:28 GMT
Lovely photos Helen. Your dragonfly is a Golden-ringed Dragonfly; mainly a northern + western species in the UK, so I don't see it in the London area but do occasionally see it on the Surrey heaths + not difficult in the New Forest. When the female egg lays it almost looks like she is pogo-ing.
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Post by rowanberry on Jun 15, 2018 8:42:59 GMT
Such beautiful insects... we did get dragonflies and damselflies a few years ago, but haven't seen any yet. I'm hoping they'll still show up.
I really like that green and yellow one of yours, Helen.
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Ceriagrion tenellum Small Red Damselfly by Helen Skelton, on Flickr
Aquarius remigis Pond skater4 by Helen Skelton, on Flickr
