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Last updated: 12th October 2023
Dragonflies
The dragonfly gallery comprises of images from around the world and are sorted taxonomically rather than the country were these were taken. For European species the taxonomy follows Dijkstra & Lewington Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Britain and Europe and also includes older alternative names. Norwegian species names are also included to help as a local language identification key.
Each image contains information roughly where and when this was taken
Images will be continuously added to this gallery as and when they become available.
![]() Banded DemoiselleBåndpraktvannymfe (Calopteryx splendens) male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway. 6th July 2017 | ![]() Banded DemoiselleBåndpraktvannymfe (Calopteryx splendens) male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway. 17th June 2019 | ![]() Banded DemoiselleBåndpraktvannymfe (Calopteryx splendens) male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway. 22nd June 2019 |
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![]() Banded DemoiselleBåndpraktvannymfe (Calopteryx splendens) female - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway. 17th June 2019 | ![]() Beautiful DemoiselleBlåpraktvannymfe (Calopteryx virgo) juvenile male - Tønsberg, Vestfold, Norway. 22nd June 2019 | ![]() Beautiful DemoiselleBlåpraktvannymfe (Calopteryx virgo) male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway. 22nd June 2019 |
![]() Beautiful DemoiselleBlåpraktvannymfe (Calopteryx virgo) male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway. 1st July 2017 | ![]() Beautiful DemoiselleBlåpraktvannymfe (Calopteryx virgo) female - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway. 22nd June 2019 | ![]() Beautiful DemoiselleBlåpraktvannymfe (Calopteryx virgo) pair - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway. 22nd June 2019 |
![]() Beautiful DemoiselleBlåpraktvannymfe (Calopteryx virgo) pair - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway. 22nd June 2019 | ![]() Common SpreadwingNordmetallvannymfe "Common Emerald Damselfly" (Lestes sponsa) male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 25th August 2018 | ![]() Common SpreadwingNordmetallvannymfe "Common Emerald Damselfly" (Lestes sponsa) male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 25th August 2018 |
![]() Common SpreadwingNordmetallvannymfe "Common Emerald Damselfly" (Lestes sponsa) female - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 2nd July 2019 | ![]() Common SpreadwingNordmetallvannymfe "Common Emerald Damselfly" (Lestes sponsa) pair - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 25th August 2018 | ![]() Common BluetInnsjøvannymfe "Common Blue Damselfly" (Enallagma cyathigerum) male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 8th July 2019 |
![]() Azure BluetSørblåvannymfe "Azure Damselfly" (Coenagrion puella) male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 28th June 2019 | ![]() Spearhead BluetSpydblåvannymfe "Northern Damselfly" (Coenagrion hastulatum) male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 17th June 2019 | ![]() Large RedeyeRødøyedvannymfe "Red-eyed Damselfly" (Erythromma najas) male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 8th June 2018 |
![]() Large Red DamselRødvannymfe (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway. 23rd June 2019 | ![]() Blue FeatherlegFjærbeinvannymfe "White-legged Damselfly" (Platycnemis pennipes) immature male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 17th June 2019 | ![]() Blue FeatherlegFjærbeinvannymfe "White-legged Damselfly" (Platycnemis pennipes) male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 22nd June 2019 |
![]() Blue FeatherlegFjærbeinvannymfe "White-legged Damselfly" (Platycnemis pennipes) immature female - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 17th June 2019 | ![]() Migrant HawkerSeptemberlibelle (Aeshna mixta) male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 28th September 2015 | ![]() Migrant HawkerSeptemberlibelle (Aeshna mixta) male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 23rd August 2018 |
![]() Migrant HawkerSeptemberlibelle (Aeshna mixta) juvenile male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 16th August 2019 | ![]() Migrant HawkerSeptemberlibelle (Aeshna mixta) female - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 23rd August 2018 | ![]() Brown HawkerBrunlibelle (Aeshna grandis) male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 28th Audust 2017 |
![]() Brown HawkerBrunlibelle (Aeshna grandis) female - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 20th Audust 2019 | ![]() Brown HawkerBrunlibelle (Aeshna grandis) female egg laying - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 1st Audust 2019 | ![]() Azure HawkerFjellibelle (Aeshna caerulea) male - Ål, Buskerud, Norway 11th July 2013 |
![]() Blue HawkerBlågrønnlibelle "Southern Hawker" (Aeshna cyanea) male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 28th September 2018 | ![]() Blue HawkerBlågrønnlibelle "Southern Hawker" (Aeshna cyanea) female - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 20th August 2019 | ![]() Moorland HawkerStarrlibelle "Common Hawker" (Aeshna juncea) male - Larvik, Vestfold, Norway 4th September 2016 |
![]() Moorland HawkerStarrlibelle "Common Hawker" (Aeshna juncea) male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 3rd September 2016 | ![]() Moorland HawkerStarrlibelle "Common Hawker" (Aeshna juncea) female - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 16th August 2019 | ![]() Hairy HawkerVårlibelle "Hairy Dragonfly" (Brachytron pratense) male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 8th June 2018 |
![]() Common ClubtailKlubbelvelibelle "Club-tailed Dragonfly" immature male - Holmestrand, Vestfold, Norway 25th May 2020 | ![]() Common ClubtailKlubbelvelibelle "Club-tailed Dragonfly" immature male - Holmestrand, Vestfold, Norway 25th May 2020 | ![]() Common ClubtailKlubbelvelibelle "Club-tailed Dragonfly" immature male - Holmestrand, Vestfold, Norway 2nd June 2022 |
![]() Common ClubtailKlubbelvelibelle "Club-tailed Dragonfly" immature female - Holmestrand, Vestfold, Norway 25th May 2020 | ![]() Common ClubtailKlubbelvelibelle "Club-tailed Dragonfly" immature female - Holmestrand, Vestfold, Norway 27th May 2022 | ![]() Common ClubtailKlubbelvelibelle "Club-tailed Dragonfly" immature female - Holmestrand, Vestfold, Norway 27th May 2022 |
![]() Common GoldenringKongelibelle "Golden-ringed Dragonfly" (Cordulegaster boltonii) male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 30th June 2018 | ![]() Common GoldenringKongelibelle "Golden-ringed Dragonfly" (Cordulegaster boltonii) male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 22nd June 2019 | ![]() Downy EmeraldSmaragdlibelle (Cordulia aenea) male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 6th May 2007 |
![]() Downy EmeraldSmaragdlibelle (Cordulia aenea) male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 8th June 2018 | ![]() Downy EmeraldSmaragdlibelle (Cordulia aenea) fresh male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 6th May 2007 | ![]() Downy EmeraldSmaragdlibelle (Cordulia aenea) female - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 16th May 2019 |
![]() Four-spotted ChaserFirflekkbrelibelle "Four-spotted Skimmer" (Libellula quadrimaculata) immature female - Holmestrand, Vestfold, Norway 25th May 2020 | ![]() Four-spotted ChaserFirflekkbrelibelle "Four-spotted Skimmer" (Libellula quadrimaculata) immature female - Holmestrand, Vestfold, Norway 25th May 2020 | ![]() Four-spotted ChaserFirflekkbrelibelle "Four-spotted Skimmer" (Libellula quadrimaculata) female - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 28th May 2016 |
![]() Four-spot ChaserFirflekkbrelibelle "Four-spotted Skimmer" (Libellula quadrimaculata) female - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 7th June 2018 | ![]() Broad-bodied ChaserBlåbredlibelle (Libellula depressa) male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 18th June 2020 | ![]() Broad-bodied ChaserBlåbredlibelle (Libellula depressa) male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 12th July 2019 |
![]() Blue ChaserSotflekkbredlibelle "Scarce Chaser" (Libellula fulva) male - Risør, Agder, Norway 13th June 2022 | ![]() Blue ChaserSotflekkbredlibelle "Scarce Chaser" (Libellula fulva) male - Risør, Agder, Norway 13th June 2022 | ![]() Eastern Blacktail(Nesciothemis farinosa) mature female - Masai Mara, Kenya 16th November 2018 |
![]() Keeled SkimmerSmåblålibelle (Orthetrum coerulescens) male - Sandjefjord, Vestfold, Norway 8th July 2018 | ![]() Small WhitefaceSmåtorvlibelle "White-faced Darter" (Leucorrhinia dubia) male - Tønsberg, Vestfold, Norway 25th June 2020 | ![]() Small WhitefaceSmåtorvlibelle "White-faced Darter" (Leucorrhinia dubia) male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 1st July 2013 |
![]() Small WhitefaceSmåtorvlibelle "White-faced Darter" (Leucorrhinia dubia) female - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 24th June 2013 | ![]() Small WhitefaceSmåtorvlibelle "White-faced Darter" (Leucorrhinia dubia) female - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 15th June 2022 | ![]() Ruby WhitefaceØsttorvlibelle "Northern White-faced Darter" (Leucorrhinia rubicunda) newly hatched male - Horten, Vestfold Norway 24th May 2021 |
![]() Ruby WhitefaceØsttorvlibelle "Northern White-faced Darter" (Leucorrhinia rubicunda) young male - Horten, Vestfold Norway 3rd June 2021 | ![]() Ruby WhitefaceØsttorvlibelle "Northern White-faced Darter" (Leucorrhinia rubicunda) male - Horten, Vestfold Norway 12th June 2020 | ![]() Ruby WhitefaceØsttorvlibelle "Northern White-faced Darter" (Leucorrhinia rubicunda) male - Horten, Vestfold Norway 14th June 2020 |
![]() Ruby WhitefaceØsttorvlibelle "Northern White-faced Darter" (Leucorrhinia rubicunda) newly hatched female - Horten, Vestfold Norway 12th June 2021 | ![]() Yellow-spotted WhitefaceGulflekktorvlibelle "Large White-faced Darter" (Leucorrhinia pectoralis) male - Horten, Vestfold Norway 15th June 2020 | ![]() Yellow-spotted WhitefaceGulflekktorvlibelle "Large White-faced Darter" (Leucorrhinia pectoralis) male - Horten, Vestfold Norway 12th June 2020 |
![]() Yellow-spotted WhitefaceGulflekktorvlibelle "Large White-faced Darter" (Leucorrhinia pectoralis) male - Sandefjord, Vestfold Norway 15th June 2022 | ![]() Yellow-spotted WhitefaceGulflekktorvlibelle "Large White-faced Darter" (Leucorrhinia pectoralis) older male - Sandefjord, Vestfold Norway 15th June 2022 | ![]() Yellow-spotted WhitefaceGulflekktorvlibelle "Large White-faced Darter" (Leucorrhinia pectoralis) male & female pairing - Sandefjord, Vestfold Norway 15th June 2022 |
![]() Yellow-spotted WhitefaceGulflekktorvlibelle "Large White-faced Darter" (Leucorrhinia pectoralis) male & female pairing - Sandefjord, Vestfold Norway 15th June 2022 | ![]() Dark WhitefaceGråtorvlibelle "Eastern White-faced Darter" male (Leucorrhina albifrons) - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 15th June 2022 | ![]() Lilypad WhitefaceVannliljetorvlibelle "Dainty White-faced Darter" (Leucorrhinia caudalis) male - Holmestrand, Vestfold, Norway 25th July 2020 |
![]() Lilypad WhitefaceVannliljetorvlibelle "Dainty White-faced Darter" (Leucorrhinia caudalis) male - Holmestrand, Vestfold, Norway 25th July 2020 | ![]() Lilypad WhitefaceVannliljetorvlibelle "Dainty White-faced Darter" (Leucorrhinia caudalis) male - Holmestrand, Vestfold, Norway 4th July 2017 | ![]() Lilypad WhitefaceVannliljetorvlibelle "Dainty White-faced Darter" (Leucorrhinia caudalis) male - Holmestrand, Vestfold, Norway 25th July 2020 |
![]() Lilypad WhitefaceVannliljetorvlibelle "Dainty White-faced Darter" (Leucorrhinia caudalis) young female - Holmestrand, Vestfold, Norway 2nd June 2022 | ![]() Black DarterSvartlibelle "Black Meadowhawk" (Sympetrum danae) male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 2nd September 2018 | ![]() Black DarterSvartlibelle "Black Meadowhawk" (Sympetrum danae) male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 3rd September 2018 |
![]() Black DarterSvartlibelle "Black Meadowhawk" (Sympetrum danae) male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 8th July 2019 | ![]() Black DarterSvartlibelle "Black Meadowhawk" (Sympetrum danae) female - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 2nd August 2019 | ![]() Black DarterSvartlibelle "Black Meadowhawk" (Sympetrum danae) pair - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 7th August 2019 |
![]() Ruddy DarterBlodhøstlibelle (Sympetrum sanguineum) male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 28th July 2016 | ![]() Ruddy DarterBlodhøstlibelle (Sympetrum sanguineum) older male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 1st August 2019 | ![]() Ruddy DarterBlodhøstlibelle (Sympetrum sanguineum) older male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 1st August 2019 |
![]() Ruddy DarterBlodhøstlibelle (Sympetrum sanguineum) male - Borrevannet, Horten, Vestfold, Norway 2nd September 2018 | ![]() Ruddy DarterBlodhøstlibelle (Sympetrum sanguineum) female - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 2nd September 2018 | ![]() Ruddy DarterBlodhøstlibelle (Sympetrum sanguineum) female - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 20th August 2019 |
![]() Yellow-winged DarterGulvingehøstlibelle (Sympetrum flaveolum) male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 25th August 2018 | ![]() Yellow-winged DarterGulvingehøstlibelle (Sympetrum flaveolum) male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 25th August 2018 | ![]() Yellow-winged DarterGulvingehøstlibelle (Sympetrum flaveolum) female - Kolsrud, Buskerud, Norway 23rd July 2019 |
![]() Yellow-winged DarterGulvingehøstlibelle (Sympetrum flaveolum) pair - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 14th August 2019 | ![]() Common DarterSenhøstlibelle (Sympetrum striolatum) male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 28th August 2017 | ![]() Common DarterSenhøstlibelle (Sympetrum striolatum) immature male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 28th August 2017 |
![]() Common DarterSenhøstlibelle (Sympetrum striolatum) female - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 28th August 2017 | ![]() Moustached DarterSørhøstlibelle "Vagrant Darter" (Sympetrum vulgatum) male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 20th August 2018 | ![]() Moustached DarterSørhøstlibelle "Vagrant Darter" (Sympetrum vulgatum) male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 1st August 2019 |
![]() Moustached DarterSørhøstlibelle "Vagrant Darter" (Sympetrum vulgatum) young female - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 1st August 2019 | ![]() Moustached DarterSørhøstlibelle "Vagrant Darter" (Sympetrum vulgatum) older female - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 14th September 2021 | ![]() Moustached DarterSørhøstlibelle "Vagrant Darter" (Sympetrum vulgatum) pair - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 2nd September 2018 |
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