Banded Demoiselle

Calopteryx splendens

TQ4792 08/07/2019 ©Raymond Small

An attractive damselfly with translucent wings marked with dark bands, usually seen near slow flowing streams and lakes on bankside vegetation during June and July. The male has a metallic-blue body and the female has a metallic-green body.

TQ4792 17/05/2018 ©Mike Rumble

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