Calopteryx splendens
Banded Demoiselle
male - Nottinghamshire, England - June 2011
Banded Demoiselles prefer slow-moving, clean water and lush emergent vegetation for breeding, since they are very sensitive to pollution.
Male - Nottinghamshire, England - July 2011 |
female - Nottinghamshire, England - June 2010 |
In Britain, they have a southerly distribution reaching their northern limit in a line between Liverpool and North Yorkshire.
female - Nottinghamshire, England - June 2011
male - Derbyshire, England - June 2010
male - Derbyshire, England - June 2010
male C. s. ancilla - Bulgaria - June 2007
Some of the subspecies in southeastern Europe have more extensive blue areas on the wings of the male with only a very narrow clear band at the tip of the wing.
female C. s. ancilla - Bulgaria - June 2007
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