Wildlife Garden Project | Identifying Dragonflies and Damselflies in Your Garden in Spring

It can be tricky to identify dragonflies and damselflies when you’re first starting out. But fear not! We’ve teamed up with @BritishDragonflySociety to give you some handy tips on how to identify some of the most common dragonfly and damselfly species that you are likely to spot in your garden in April and May in England and Wales.
To learn more about dragonflies, visit the British Dragonfly Society’s website, where you can learn about more species and look at lots of beautiful pictures to help with identifying what you’ve seen. And don't forget to send records of any dragonflies you see:
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[@danielsteward1351]

Fantastic. Any ideas how to encourage them to my (small) pond?

[@Littlewing6was9]

Plants that reach the surface or pieces of algae that float to the top are where they lay eggs.

[@wildlifegardenproject]

Check out the British Dragonfly Society's website, lots of advice on there on how to create the best habitat for dragonflies and how to attract the insects that they feast on! british-dragonflies.org.uk/get-involved/garden/ 😊

[@Littlewing6was9]

Thank you. I shall be looking out for these around my pond. I think I've already disturbed some eggs.

[@wildlifegardenproject]

Happy dragonfly spotting! 😊

[@stevehewitt1968]

A very good guide ... but with one slight error. At 4:03, your male Blue-tailed is in fact an andromorph female; the colour on the side of segment 9 bulges upwards, whereas in a male it would have a wiggly edge and slope downwards towards segment 10. Also, in a mature male, the wing spots are more distinctly two-tone whereas in females they are a bit muddy., as in yours.