Odonata

Pyrrhosoma nymphula

Large Red Damselfly

copulating pair - Cambridgeshire, England - May 2012

copulating pair - Tazha, Bulgaria - June 2007

The Large Red Damselfly is often the first species to emerge in the spring. 

male - Cambridgeshire, England - May 2012

It is common throughout most of the British Isles and reaches as far north as Orkney.

male - Cambridgeshire, England - May 2012