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Recording Doncaster's Wildlife since 1880

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Odonata – Emerald Damselflies

Order Odonata – Dragonflies & Damselflies
   Suborder Zygoptera
      Family Lestidae – Emerald Damselflies
         Genus – Lestes

Lestes sponsa - Emerald Damselfly, Thorne Moor
Lestes sponsa - Emerald Damselfly, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.
Lestes sponsa - Emerald Damselfly, YWT Potteric Carr.
Lestes sponsa - Emerald Damselfly, YWT Potteric Carr.
Lestes sponsa - Emerald-Damselfly, Thorne Moor

Recent Posts

  • Next Meeting – Thursday 21st November 2024 at Parklands Club 1.30 pm. 16 November 2024
  • Next Meeting – Wednesday 30th October 2024 for a harvest mouse nest hunt 28 October 2024
  • Next Meeting – Tuesday 29 October 2024 for Indoor Meeting at Parklands 23 October 2024
  • Next Meeting – Sunday 27 October 2024 for Fungal Foray in Sandal Beat Wood 23 October 2024
  • Next Meeting – Monday 14 October 2024 for Fungal Foray at Alms Houses, Hemsworth 11 October 2024

Gallery

Soldier Beetle - Cantharis rustica, Denaby Ings Mythimna vitellina - The Delicate, Austerfield.

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