CHOG Odonata Photographic Archive
Willow Emerald Damselfly
- First Harbour record September 2022 following first Dorset record a few days earlier.
- Length about 40 mm
- Wingspan about 45 mm
- Distinguished from Emerald Damselfly by pale wing spots, longer abdomen with, in males, no blue band near the tip, and irregular lower border of the metallic green on the side of the thorax, forming a dark mark (“spur”)
Female, Riversmeet Meadow, August 2025 (the first record for the Stanpit side of the Harbour) – Clinton Whale
Male at the Lily Pond – September 2024 Barrie Taylor
Male at the Lily Pond – 27th August 2024 Peter Boardman
Mating pair at the Lily Pond – 14th September 2024 Peter Boardman
Female at the Lily Pond – 19th September 2024 Peter Boardman
Female at the Lily Pond September 2023 Peter Boardman
Male at the Lily Pond – September 2023 Peter Boardman
September 2022 Barrie Taylor
Male – September 2022 Mike Gibbons
An informative view – September 2022 Chris Chapleo
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