Sunday 29 May 2011
Damselflies Delamere Forest
Large Red and Common Blue Damselflies
This is a dragonfly exuvia, i.e. the remains of the larval exoskeleton which it lived in whilst in the pond. When it's ready to emerge as an adult, the larva crawls out of the water and clings to waterside vegetation. After a while the exoskeleton splits at the back and the adult emerges, and when it's dried out, flies off leaving the exoskeleton behind. Notice how perfect it's legs and eyes are, and how it even has tiny wings. I've not had chance to positively identify this yet, but my guess is, it's a Four-spot Chaser.
Also today I had a fabulous flight view of a Downy Emerald at Shemmy Moss, but unfortunately it was very brief, and didn't land, so no photograph.
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