With precious little in the Moth
Trap again this morning, maybe more accurately just 10 Insects may qualify as
'nothing', it was decided to return to the Fishing Lakes at the north of the
farm that were visited yesterday.
SILVER Y
is probably the most common and widespread Migrant Moth.
During that first visit these two photographs were taken
and while certainly Damselflies with 'red-eyes'
the distance from the observer and the poor quality
shots precluded a positive identification.
In addition and a little closer to hand were
POND SKATES
AZURE DAMSELFLY and
BLACK-TAILED SKIMMER
However, today I didn't get as far as the northern lakes
as diverted by this
SKIPPER BUTTERFLY
and then these Insects in the smaller of the 2 ponds close to the
farm house. A closer encounter allowed for better photos and an
opportunity to identify them as the moderately rare
farm house. A closer encounter allowed for better photos and an
opportunity to identify them as the moderately rare
SMALL RED-EYED DAMSELFLY
This pond is certainly offering up some good records of which we will endeavour to get more.
This pond is certainly offering up some good records of which we will endeavour to get more.
While
I was confident enough of this it was thought best to consult with
others who readily agreed. My thanks to Sheila and Paul. An extract from
Wikipedia:- The species is a small damselfly, about 29 millimetres
(1.1 in) long,
predominantly black with iridescent blue markings. Its large, spaced
eyes are a deep red. Like the Red-eyed Damselfly, both sexes lack pale
spots behind the eyes and have pale brown pterostigmata. The male has a
bronze-black top and blue sides. The sides of the female's thorax are
yellow, green or blue. The rear edge of the pronotum is rounded. Viewed
from the side, the second and eighth segment of the abdomen
of the male are mostly blue, which distinguishes it from the Red-eyed
Damselfly where these are mostly black. Further reading via the link
WATER LILY
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