Extra bonus on day 22 of the 2025 #dragonfly #AdventCalendar. Realised I'd forgotten to include our most familiar species, Common Blue Damselfly. So you get a bonus image. Often seen in large numbers by lakes or slow rivers. This one was at #Whixall Moss, bogs not really being typical habitat but they do rather get everywhere. #Wales #Cymru #DragonflyAdventCalendar #invertebrates #ukwildlife #wildlife #insects #invertebrates #photography

Day 22 of the 2025 #dragonfly #AdventCalendar. Common Emerald is our only widespread green damselfly, although Willow Emerald (day 18) is gradually catching up. This species likes overgrown ponds - watch for males sat with their wings open like this one, waiting for either food or a mate. This one at #Whixall Moss, #Wales, in late June. #Cymru #DragonflyAdventCalendar #invertebrates #ukwildlife #wildlife #insects #invertebrates #photography

Day 21 of the 2025 #dragonfly #AdventCalendar. The male Black Darter is black when mature, but this one had only just emerged so had colours more like a female. Some damselfly species have black females but this is our only black dragonfly. At #Whixall Moss, #Wales, in late June. The site is a large bog which straddles the border of Wales with Shropshire. #Cymru #DragonflyAdventCalendar #invertebrates #ukwildlife #wildlife #insects #invertebrates #photography