Dragonfly List

This page lists the dragonflies I have seen within the British Isles1. The last year each dragonfly was recorded is indicated, with dragonflies recorded this year highlighted in bold and dragonflies first recorded this year in red2.

Out of the 48 taxa we have so far seen 36 taxa, 18 taxa seen this year

2009 Calopteryx virgo (Beautiful Demoiselle)
2009 Calopteryx splendens (Banded Demoiselle)
Lestes barbarus (Southern Emerald Damselfly)
2009 Lestes sponsa (Emerald Damselfly)
2006 Lestes dryas (Scarce Emerald Damselfly)
2008 Platycnemis pennipes (White-legged Damselfly)
2009 Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Large Red Damselfly)
2009 Ischnura elegans (Blue-tailed Damselfly)
2006 Ischnura pumilio (Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly)
2009 Enallagma cyathigerum (Common Blue Damselfly)
2007 Coenagrion mercuriale (Southern Damselfly)
2009 Coenagrion pulchellum (Variable Damselfly)
2008 Coenagrion puella (Azure Damselfly)
Coenagrion lunulatum (Irish Damselfly)
2008 Coenagrion hastulatum (Northern Damselfly)
2009 Erythromma najas (Red-eyed Damselfly)
2007 Erythromma viridulum (Small Red-eyed Damselfly)
2008 Ceriagrion tenellum (Small Red Damselfly)
2007 Gomphus vulgatissimus (Common Club-tail)
2009 Brachytron pratense (Hairy Dragonfly)
Aeshna caerulea (Azure Hawker)
2007 Aeshna juncea (Common Hawker)
2009 Aeshna grandis (Brown Hawker)
2009 Aeshna cyanea (Southern Hawker)
2009 Aeshna mixta (Migrant Hawker)
Aeshna affinis (Southern Migrant Hawker)
2006 Aeshna isosceles (Norfolk Hawker)
2009 Anax imperator (Emperor Dragonfly)
Anax parthenope (Lesser Emperor)
Hemianax ephippiger (Vagrant Emperor)
2006 Cordulegaster boltonii (Golden-ringed Dragonfly)
2006 Cordulia aenea (Downy Emerald)
Somatochlora metallica (Brilliant Emerald)
Somatochlora arctica (Northern Emerald)
2009 Libellula depressa (Broad-bodied Chaser)
2008 Libellula fulva (Scarce Chaser)
2009 Libellula quadrimaculata (Four-spotted Chaser)
2009 Orthetrum coerulescens (Keeled Skimmer)
2008 Orthetrum cancellatum (Black-tailed Skimmer)
Crocothermis erythraea (Scarlet Dragonfly)
Sympetrum vulgatum (Vagrant Darter)
2009 Sympetrum striolatum (Common Darter)
Sympetrum nigrescens (Highland Darter)
2007 Sympetrum fonscolombii (Red-viened Darter)
Sympetrum flaveolum (Yellow-winged Darter)
2009 Sympetrum sanguineum (Ruddy Darter)
2007 Sympetrum danae (Black Darter)
2007 Leucorrhinia dubia (White-faced Darter)
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