Photo by Hugh Clark www.bats.uk
Photo by Hugh Clark www.bats.uk
Photo by Hugh Clark www.bats.uk
Photo by Hugh Clark www.bats.uk
Sexes similar. The only dragonfly with brown wings. Photo by Graham Bayliss courtesy of the British Dragonfly Society.
Photo by Ian Lindsay
The female's abdomen can be green. Britain's largest dragonfly. Apple green thorax. Photo by Steve Plume.
The female has a yellow abdomen. Emerges early in the season and is a coloniser of new water bodies. Note the dark patches at the base of all wings.
Photo by Steve Plume
Photo by Jurgen
Photo by Erik Karits
Sexes similar. Blue tipped black abdomen. Two toned wing spots. Photo by Psubraty
Male dull reddish, female yellow. Photo by Ian Lindsay.
The female lacks the dark wing patches and has a white spot near the wing tip. Breeds in flowing streams and is distributed widely by the prevailing summer breezes. Photo by Melanie - Pixabay
In the 'tandem' position for laying eggs. The male has clasped the female behind the head. Photo by Ian Lindsay.
Sexes similar. very common. Photo by Les Whalley.