Photos by Species, ordered by English common name

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So far our website contains photographs of 126 species. On this page they're ordered by their English common names. Click here if you'd prefer to see them ordered by their scientific names, or here for the complete European checklist.

Click a species name below to go to the corresponding species page. For more information about a species, hover your mouse over the info symbol symbol or for a dynamic, on-the-dragonfly preview, hover your mouse over the preview symbol symbol. Alternatively, you can search our database using the animals' family, genus, gender or colours as your search criteria.

 

Damselflies
Arctic Bluet (Coenagrion johanssoni): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Azure Bluet (Coenagrion puella): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Blue Featherleg (Platycnemis pennipes): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Blue-Eye (Erythromma lindenii): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Common Bluet (Enallagma cyathigerum): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Common Bluetail (Ischnura elegans): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Common Spreadwing (Lestes sponsa): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Common Winter Damsel (Sympecma fusca): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Copper Demoiselle (Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Crescent Bluet (Coenagrion lunulatum): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Cretan Bluet (Coenagrion intermedium): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Dainty Bluet (Coenagrion scitulum): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Dark Bluet (Coenagrion armatum): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Dark Spreadwing (Lestes macrostigma): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Eastern Willow Spreadwing (Lestes parvidens): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Greek Red Damsel (Pyrrhosoma elisabethae): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Iberian Bluetail (Ischnura graellsii): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Island Bluetail (Ischnura genei): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Large Red Damsel (Pyrrhosoma nymphula): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Large Redeye (Erythromma najas): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Mediterranean Bluet (Coenagrion caerulescens): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Mercury Bluet (Coenagrion mercuriale): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Migrant Spreadwing (Lestes barbarus): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Oasis Bluetail (Ischnura fountaineae): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Odalisque (Epallage fatime): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Orange Featherleg (Platycnemis acutipennis): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Ornate Bluet (Coenagrion ornatum): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Robust Spreadwing (Lestes dryas): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Sedgling (Nehalennia speciosa): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Siberian Bluet (Coenagrion hylas): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Siberian Winter Damsel (Sympecma paedisca): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Small Bluetail (Ischnura pumilio): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Small Red Damsel (Ceriagrion tenellum): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Small Redeye (Erythromma viridulum): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Small Spreadwing (Lestes virens): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Spearhead Bluet (Coenagrion hastulatum): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Turkish Red Damsel (Ceriagrion georgifreyi): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Variable Bluet (Coenagrion pulchellum): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Western Demoiselle (Calopteryx xanthostoma): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Western Willow Spreadwing (Lestes viridis): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
White Featherleg (Platycnemis latipes): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol

 

Dragonflies
Alpine Emerald (Somatochlora alpestris): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Azure Hawker (Aeshna caerulea): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Balkan Emerald (Somatochlora meridionalis): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Balkan Goldenring (Cordulegaster heros): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Baltic Hawker (Aeshna serrata): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Banded Darter (Sympetrum pedemontanum): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Black Darter (Sympetrum danae): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Black Pennant (Selysiothemis nigra): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Black Percher (Diplacodes lefebvrii): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Black-Tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Bladetail (Lindenia tetraphylla): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Blue Chaser (Libellula fulva): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Blue Emperor (Anax imperator): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Blue Hawker (Aeshna cyanea): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Blue-Eyed Goldenring (Cordulegaster insignis): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Blue-Eyed Hawker (Aeshna affinis): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Bog Hawker (Aeshna subarctica): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Brilliant Emerald (Somatochlora metallica): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Broad Scarlet (Crocothemis erythraea): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Broad-Bodied Chaser (Libellula depressa): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Brown Hawker (Aeshna grandis): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Bulgarian Emerald (Somatochlora borisi): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Common Clubtail (Gomphus vulgatissimus): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Common Goldenring (Cordulegaster boltonii): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Cretan Spectre (Boyeria cretensis): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Dark Whiteface (Leucorrhinia albifrons): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Desert Darter (Sympetrum sinaiticum): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Downy Emerald (Cordulia aenea): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Eastern Spectre (Caliaeschna microstigma): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Epaulet Skimmer (Orthetrum chrysostigma): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Eurasian Baskettail (Epitheca bimaculata): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Faded Pincertail (Onychogomphus costae): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Four-Spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Greek Goldenring (Cordulegaster helladica): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Green Hawker (Aeshna viridis): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Green Hooktail (Paragomphus genei): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Green Snaketail (Ophiogomphus cecilia): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Green-Eyed Hawker (Aeshna isoceles): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Hairy Hawker (Brachytron pratense): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Indigo Dropwing (Trithemis festiva): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Italian Goldenring (Cordulegaster trinacriae): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Keeled Skimmer (Orthetrum coerulescens): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Large Pincertail (Onychogomphus uncatus): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Lesser Emperor (Anax parthenope): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Lilypad Whiteface (Leucorrhinia caudalis): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Long Skimmer (Orthetrum trinacria): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Magnificent Emperor (Anax immaculifrons): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Moorland Hawker (Aeshna juncea): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Moustached Darter (Sympetrum vulgatum): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Northern Banded Groundling (Brachythemis impartita): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Northern Emerald (Somatochlora arctica): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Orange-Spotted Emerald (Oxygastra curtisii): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Orange-Winged Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Pronged Clubtail (Gomphus graslinii): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Red-Veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Ringed Cascader (Zygonyx torridus): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
River Clubtail (Gomphus flavipes): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Ruby Whiteface (Leucorrhinia rubicunda): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Ruddy Darter (Sympetrum sanguineum): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Siberian Hawker (Aeshna crenata): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Slender Skimmer (Orthetrum sabina): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Small Pincertail (Onychogomphus forcipatus): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Small Skimmer (Orthetrum taeniolatum): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Small Whiteface (Leucorrhinia dubia): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Sombre Goldenring (Cordulegaster bidentata): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Southern Darter (Sympetrum meridionale): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Southern Skimmer (Orthetrum brunneum): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Splendid Cruiser (Macromia splendens): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Spotted Darter (Sympetrum depressiusculum): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Turkish Clubtail (Gomphus schneiderii): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Turkish Goldenring (Cordulegaster picta): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Vagrant Emperor (Anax ephippiger): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Western Clubtail (Gomphus pulchellus): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Western Spectre (Boyeria irene): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
White-Tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum albistylum): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Yellow Clubtail (Gomphus simillimus): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Yellow-Spotted Emerald (Somatochlora flavomaculata): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Yellow-Spotted Whiteface (Leucorrhinia pectoralis): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Yellow-Veined Skimmer (Orthetrum nitidinerve): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol
Yellow-Winged Darter (Sympetrum flaveolum): 20 photos  info symbol  preview symbol