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This month's images - May 2025

Broad-bodied Chaser dragonfly
  An adult Broad-bodied Chaser dragonfly, feeding in the hedge at Alwins Field, 7 May 2025.
 




Cranefly - Nephrotoma atracapilla
  One of the early Crane Flies (Nephrotoma atracapilla), Alwins Field, 5 May 2025.
 




Broad-bodied Chaser dragonflies
  Broad-bodied Chaser dragonflies having just emerged from their larval shells (exuviae), Alwins Field, 2 May 2025.
Their wings are all "scrunched up" at first but are gradually inflated and then dried before they can fly away.
 




Blue-tailed Damselfly
  Blue-tailed Damselfly, Alwins Field, 1 May 2025.
 




Large Red Damselfly
  Large Red Damselfly, Alwins Field, 1 May 2025.
 



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