Sunday, September 23, 2018

Welney Provides a New Damselfly - Willow Emerald

The Willow Emerald Damselfly has been gradually moving north so delighted to find iton Friday at Welney  sheltering on the leeward side of one of the banks along with Migrant Hawkers and Ruddy Darters. Single individuals of the Willow Emerald Damselfly were recorded in 1979, 1992 and 2007. In 2009 there was a sudden boom of 400 records of the species  in SE Suffolk and NE Essex. Since this time, the Willow Emerald has spread rapidly across the south-east of England, gaining footholds in new counties on a yearly basis. I also spent a long while photographing the species in a rotten tree stump including a Jumping Spider and German Wasp.






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