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Odonata – Chasers, Skimmers, Darters

Order Odonata – Dragonflies & Damselflies
   Superfamily Libelluloidea
      Family Libellulidae – Chasers, Skimmers & Darters
         Genera – Leucorrhinia, Libellula, Orthetrum, Pantala, Sympetrum

Brachytron pratense - Hairy Dragonfly (teneral female), Thorne Moor
Libulella depressa - Broad-bodied Chasers, YWT Potteric Carr.
Libellula depressa - Broad-bodied Chaser, (female), Austerfield.
Libellula depressa - Broad-bodied Chaser, (male), Austerfield.
Libellula depressa - Broad-bodied Chaser, (male), Austerfield.
Libellula quadrimaculata - 4-spotted Chaser, Cusworth Hall & Park
Libellula quadrimaculata - Four-spotted Chaser, Austerfield.
Libellula quadrimaculata - Four-spotted Chaser, Thorne Moor
Libellula quadrimaculata - Four-spotted Chaser, YWT Potteric Carr.
Libellula quadrimaculata - Four-spotted Chaser, Austerfield.
Orthetrum cancellatum - Black-tailed Skimmer, (female), YWT Potteric Carr.
Orthetrum cancellatum - Black-tailed Skimmer, LWT Messingham Sand Quarry.
Orthetrum cancellatum - Black-tailed Skimmer, Cusworth Hall & Park
Orthetrum cancellatum - Black-tailed Skimmer, (male), Austerfield.
Orthetrum cancellatum - Black-tailed Skimmer, male, Austerfield.
Sympetrum danae - Black Darter, (male), Austerfield.
Sympetrum danae - Black Darter, (male), Austerfield.
Sympetrum danae - Black Darter, Austerfield.
Sympetrum danae - Black Darter, Thorne Moor
Sympetrum danae - Black Darter, Austerfield.
Sympetrum danae - Black Darter , Hatfield
Sympetrum danae - Black Darter, Thorne Moor
Sympetrum danae - Black Darter , Hatfield
Sympetrum danae - Black Darter , Hatfield
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Recent Posts

  • Next Meeting – Friday 14th August 2026 to Hatfield Moor 12 August 2026
  • Next Meeting – Friday 7th August 2026 for Chesterfield Canal walk 31 July 2026
  • Next Meeting – Monday 27th July 2026 to Brookfield Park. 24 July 2026
  • Next Meeting – Wednesday 15th July 2026 to Thorpe Marsh NNR 13 July 2026
  • Next Meeting – Saturday July 4th, 2026 at Denaby Delf 30 June 2026

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Common flesh Fly,Sarcophaga carnaria, 3.9.23, Thorne Rd, SE605055 on Ivy by Nora Boyle Hepialus humuli - Ghost Moth, (male and female), Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.

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Liposthenes glechomae, Holmes Carr Great Wood. Harvestman (Rilaena triangularis) clumber Park, 19 Feb 2026 Red Deer bellowing during the rut - Thorne Moor, 2017 Euthrix potatoria - The Drinker (male and female), Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield. London Plane (Platanus x hispanica), Thorn Rd, Doncaster Lilioceris lilii - Lilly Beetle , Sherwood Forest Cyclophora punctaria - Maiden's Blush - Kirk Smeaton Green Alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens), Lound, Notts. Starling mumuration. Epirrhoe alternata - Common Carpet and Epirrhoe rivata - Wood Carpet comparison, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.
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