Saturday, 30 May 2020

My Garden Pond - White-legged Damselfly

I was just sunning myself in the heat of the afternoon when the flutter of wings of a Damselfly caught my eye... It came to rest next to #MyGardenPool and eventually I relocated after fetching the camera and managed a few shots, clearly a pale immature insect and I knew at a glance it wasn't a garden resident - it was a White-legged Damselfly. Probably having made its maiden flight from the Rea Brook which is one 600m or so down the road...







Difficult to sex but in view of what appear to be claspers, a (probable) immature male...


This close up shows the bristly hairs on the legs which are used to grasp prey...


And a new species for the pond!