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Pyrrhosoma nymphula can reach a body length of 33–36 millimetres (1.3–1.4 in). [4] These large and robust damselflies show black legs and wing spots in both sexes. [4] Mature males have red eyes and a black thorax with red shoulder stripes in mature specimen, but yellow stripes in immature. In fact ante-humeral stripes change to red with age.
Pyrrhosoma is a genus of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae.It contains the following species: Pyrrhosoma elisabethae Schmidt, 1948 – Greek red damselfly; Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Sulzer, 1776) – large red damselfly
Large red damselfly, Pyrrhosoma nymphula; Emerald damselfly, Lestes sponsa; Azure damselfly, Coenagrion puella - thought extinct as it was recorded in just two years from Poyll Dhooie, Ramsey but refound at Ballaugh Plantation/Glen Shoggle on 10 June 2023. [1]
Pyrrhosoma nymphula: Suborder Anisoptera (dragonflies) Family Gomphidae (club-tailed dragonflies) Species Scientific name Western clubtail: Gomphus pulchellus:
There are 57 recorded species of Odonata in Britain, made up of 21 damselflies (suborder Zygoptera) and 36 dragonflies (suborder Anisoptera). Of these, 42 species (17 damselflies and 25 dragonflies) are resident breeders, and the remainder are either extinct species, or vagrants - in respect of the latter, this list follows the decisions of the Odonata Records Committee.
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The large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) is a species of damselflies belonging to the family Coenagrionidae. Although called large, it is only 35 mm (1.4 in) long and 15 percent larger than the small red damselfly.
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