Small Red Damselfly

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.

Rare. 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.

• Length: 31mm
• Red legs.
• Red pterostigma (wing spots).
• Thorax bronze-black on top and pale yellow on the side.
• Male: red abdomen.
• Female: Erythrogastrum form has an all red abdomen. Typica form has a red and black abdomen. Melanogastrum form has a black abdomen.

Squat with broad and short caudal lamellae with dark veins. Hind margin of head distinctily angular.