Our second meeting with the Goblet-marked Damselfly

Erythromma lindenii, E. viridulum

21-23.08.2015, Gryżyna Landscape Park

Erythromma lindenii has a small extent restricted to the mid-westren part of Poland. Currently, it is known only from 34 localities. This species strictly related to lakes rich in aquatic submerged vegetation periodically appearing on the water surface, as Myriophyllum spicatum and Ceratophyllum demersum. For the first time we observed this species in summer 2011. Our second meeting with this beautiful damselfly took place during the 12th National Symposium of Odonatology of the Polish Entomological Society, which took place a few days ago in Gryżyna Landscape Park.

Erythromma lindenii male

E. lindenii male

E.lindenii male

E. lindenii male

E. lindenii male

males of Erythromma viridulum and E. lindenii

male of E. lindenii during a meal

E. lindenii male

E. lindenii male

before oviposition...

pair ovipositing

gatecrasher :-)

pair ovipositing

Michał & Piotr

Nehalennia speciosa – the smallest damselfly in Europe

This post is dedicated for all our friends from the blog Libellules de France… :-).

We think, that you have never seen before this beautiful, amazing and so tiny damselfly in the wild. We were very lucky, that we found this small (body length only 20-25 mm!) creatures in our area, so we want to share it with you.

The Pygmy Damselfly occurs at the only one locality in the Opole province (this is our region), which we discovered in 2011. This small damselfly extinct in large areas, especially in western, central and southern Poland. At present it is relict, local and rare species, except for northern and partly eastern Poland even very rare. Restricted to single localities and their small concentrations. This is a stenotopic species. It inhabits acidic and poor in nutrients waters - pools and small lakes, as well as valleys and flooded parts in Sphagnum bogs and fens; exceptionally peat excavations. Requires abundant vegetation distinguished by its specific texture, with a leading role of selected Carex species (mainly Carex limosa and C. rostrata) and mosses (mainly Sphagnum).

male

male

male

male

male

female

female

female

female

female

pair in tandem

pair in tandem

pair in tandem

Greetings to all Odonata fans!

Michał and Piotr

Lien vers la redécouverte de l'espèce en France, dans une tourbière du Jura:
Link to the rediscovery of the species in France:
Decouverte-en-France-de-Nehalennia-speciosa.pdf