Dragonflies and damselflies to be found in and around Torphins Wood, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Insects

- beetles 2

- earwigs

- flies

- hoverflies

- saw flies and wood wasps

- butterflies and moths 1

- butterflies and moths 2

- dragonflies and damselflies

Flatworms

Slugs and snails

Worms and leeches

Millipedes and centipedes

Arachnida

- mites

Crustacea

- water fleas

- cyclops

Torphins is a village in upper Deeside, Aberdeenshire Scotland. There is nothing particularly special about the wood, it is a mixed species coniferous/deciduous wood, so things found there can probably be found in many other Scottish, British or even European woods. For more information on Torphins itself and the human population there go to Torphins.org.

Damselfly nymph, Lestes sp. found in a cold water aquarium

Lestes sp., damselfly nymph

Found in a garden pond.

Coenagrion pluella, the Azure damselfly or Pond damselfly

Found in ditches and garden ponds.

Adult wingspan 41 mm, body length 33 mm.

Adults fly from May to August, never very far from water.

More on the Azure damselfly and other damselflies

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