Found in shallow pools, seepages and streams in heathland bog in southern England and west Wales.

• Alterations of hydrology, such as drainage that diverts water away from existing seepages and flushes.
• Habitat loss and fragmentation.
• Unmanaged sites succumb to plant succession and encroachment.

Listed as Nationally Scarce in the British Odonata Red List 2008.

Restricted to heathlands in southern England and west Wales.

Large Red Damselfly

• Larger
• Black legs.
• Black pterostigma (wing spots).
• Larger coloured antehumeral stripes on top of the thorax.