Beautiful Demoiselle - Calopteryx virgo
Banded Demoiselle
The Beautiful Demoiselle favours fast flowing streams with clean stony or sandy beds.
Rare vagrant in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Although cited historically by various authorities as being "common on the Southern boundary (of Leicestershire) and in Rutland" (Roebuck, 1932), "locally common (in Leicestershire)" (Longfield, 1937) and present in Leicestershire in 1960 (Corbet et al, 1960), there have been no recent records of this species in VC55. There are just four records on the Leicestershire and Rutland Dragonfly Group (LRDG) database, the most last in 1973.
Carl Baggott
Bittesby/Ullesthorpe
13 June 2021
Carl Baggott
Bittesby/Ullesthorpe
13 June 2021
Don
Welford Wharf
21 May 2022
Don
Welford Wharf
21 May 2022
Adrian Baker
Bittesby/Ullesthorpe
13 June 2021
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Species profile
- Common names
- Demoiselle Agrion, Beautiful Demoiselle Damselfly, Beautiful Demoiselle, Beautiful Agrion
- Species group:
- Dragonflies and Damselflies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Odonata
- Family:
- Calopterygidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 18
- First record:
- 01/07/1998 (John Mousley)
- Last record:
- 24/06/2023 (Comont, John)
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Lyn Bull
Kirby Fields garden
18 June 2017
Adrian Baker
Bittesby/Ullesthorpe
13 June 2021
Adrian Baker
Bittesby/Ullesthorpe
13 June 2021
