Yorkshire species

Latin Name Common Name Status in Yorkshire Calopteryx virgo Beautiful Demoiselle Scarce Resident Breeder Calopteryx splendens Banded Demoiselle Common Resident Breeder Lestes sponsa Emerald Damselfly Common Resident Breeder Lestes dryas Scarce Emerald Damselfly Rare Vagrant Pyrrhosoma nymphula Large Red Damselfly Abundant Resident Breeder Erythromma najas Red-eyed Damselfly Scarce Resident Breeder Erythromma viridulum Small Red-eyed Damselfly New for 2006 Ischnura elegans Blue-tailed Damselfly Abundant Resident Breeder Coenagrion puella Azure Damselfly Abundant Resident Breeder Coenagrion pulchellum Variable Damselfly Scarce Resident Breeder Enallagma cyathigerum Common Blue Damselfly Abundant Resident Breeder Ceriagrion tenellum Small Red Damselfly Aberrant Vagrant Aeshna juncea Common Hawker Common Resident Breeder Aeshna mixta Migrant Hawker Common Resident Breeder Aeshna cyanea Southern Hawker Common Resident Breeder Aeshna grandis Brown Hawker Abundant Resident Breeder Aeshna isosceles Norfolk Hawker Aberrant Vagrant Anax imperator Emperor Dragonfly Uncommon Resident Breeder Anax parthenope Lesser Emperor Dragonfly Scarce Migrant Hemianax ephippiger Vagrant Emperor Rare Migrant Brachytron pratense Hairy Dragonfly Scarce Resident Breeder Cordulegaster boltonii Golden-ringed Dragonfly Scarce Resident Breeder Cordulia aenea Downy Emerald Rare Vagrant Libellula quadrimaculata Four-spotted Chaser Abundant Resident Breeder Libellula fulva Scarce Chaser Scarce Ex-resident Libellula depressa Broad-bodied Chaser Common Resident Breeder Orthetrum cancellatum Black-tailed Skimmer Uncommon Resident Breeder Orthetrum coerulescens Keeled Skimmer Scarce Resident Breeder Sympetrum striolatum Common Darter Abundant Resident Breeder Sympetrum fonscolombii Red-veined Darter Scarce Resident Breeder Sympetrum flaveolum Yellow-winged Darter Scarce Migrant Sympetrum sanguineum Ruddy Darter Common Resident Breeder Sympetrum danae Black Darter Common Resident Breeder Sympetrum vulgatum Vagrant Darter Rare Migrant Leucorrhinia dubia White-faced Darter Scarce Ex-resident

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