Here is a guide to some of the most abundant species found in the area. Ruby spot: A colorful damselfly with clear wings accented with a large, ruby red spot, this damselfly is often found along ...

Some males have a bright red thorax as well while the female ... When perched this species, as well as other damselfly species, will hold their wings together, upright, and closed over the abdomen.

There are more dragonfly and damselfly species than there are ... the assessment was part of the latest update to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, a periodic update of the global ...

As tens of thousands of species shift their “range” (the areas they live in) due to climate change, the small red-eyed damselfly has spread northwards from the Mediterranean. It was first ...

I am a sports photographer and, while recently taking photos at Carlow Golf Club, I was told that a female hare was feeding two leverets about two metres away from the window. I went outside and ...

They are a small group with just eleven species recorded in Ireland ... two are green and six are blue. The red one is the Large Red Damselfly pictured above. It has bright red eyes and a red ...

The 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species brings into ... Of the 564 dragonfly and damselfly species so far assessed, nearly one in three ( 174) are threatened, including nearly 40% of endemic ...

The idea was to just do a basic photo showing the difference between damselflies and dragonflies and to mention the species of damselfly in the photo. Damselflies are slender and their wings fall ...

Around ponds and lakes, warm weather and sunshine can trigger a lot of wildlife action, such as the large red damselfly emerging from my garden pond. This species can be out and about quite early ...