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whats this flying thingy?

  • 02-06-2017 10:50pm
    #1
    Roger Hassenforder
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    is it some kind of dragonfly? (big image, but its a beauty!)
    Taken on the banks of the Blackwater.

    MyJ3sCl.jpg


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  • #2
    Thelomen Toblackai
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭Thelomen Toblackai


    This it ? A Damselfly ?

    http://www.irishmoths.net/pages-dragonfly/zca-cv-BD.html


  • #3
    Roger Hassenforder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,555 ✭✭✭Roger Hassenforder


    Thelomen Toblackai wrote: »
    This it ?

    http://www.irishmoths.net/pages-dragonfly/zca-cv-BD.html

    Chapeau!
    looks like it all right.
    Stunning flashes of electric blue/green as it flew.

    Has it a more common name than Demoiselle ?
    Is it a dragon fly or a damsel fly?


  • #4
    Thelomen Toblackai
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭Thelomen Toblackai


    Roger Hassenforder wrote: »
    Chapeau!
    looks like it all right.
    Stunning flashes of electric blue/green as it flew.

    Has it a more common name than Demoiselle ?
    Is it a dragon fly or a damsel fly?

    Beautiful all right. I'm not too sure, I just happened on the thread and had a quick google and found it.

    Looks like a damselfly (based on my brief research) but whether or not there's a more common name than what's listed on that site I don't know. I hadn't even heard of damselflies before !

    Maybe someone more knowledgeable might be able offer more info.


  • #5
    Roger Hassenforder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,555 ✭✭✭Roger Hassenforder


    Thelomen Toblackai wrote: »
    Beautiful all right. I'm not too sure, I just happened on the thread and had a quick google and found it.

    Looks like a damselfly (based on my brief research) but whether or not there's a more common name than what's listed on that site I don't know. I hadn't even heard of damselflies before !

    Maybe someone more knowledgeable might be able offer more info.

    stone flies , caddis flies and mayflies are a bit duller (I think!)
    havent a clue of them though.
    This was the most beautiful flash of colour I've seen in Ireland other than a kingfisher.


  • #6
    axe2grind
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 587 ✭✭✭axe2grind


    Beautiful Demoiselle is it's common name. A damselfly. It, along with Banded Demoiselle are river species


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  • #7
    WildIreland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 135 ✭✭WildIreland


    Beautiful Damoiselle... one of our larger damselfly species... and aptly named. The males are just stunning in their iridescent green livery :-).

    More info on it here.


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