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

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.

Insects, beetles 1, 2, ground beetles 1 2, springtails, earwigs, flies, true bugs, bumblebees, bees, wasps, sawflies, butterflies and moths 1 2 3 lacewings etc., dragonflies and damselflies, stoneflies,		Flatworms	Slugs/snails	Worms/leeches	Lice
		Millipedes/centipedes etc.	Spiders 1, 2, harvestmen, mites, ticks, etc.	Woodlice, water fleas, cyclops

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

Lestes sp., damselfly nymph.

Found in a garden pond.

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Coenagrion pluella, damselfly adult just emerged from the water

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.

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Stonehaven, Scotland

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