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Banded Demoiselle (gb)   Blåbandad Jungfruslända (se)  
Measurements:
To 45-48mm Ab 33-41mm Hw 27-36mm
Flight period:
JFMAMJJASOND 
SE
EU
Identification:
Life stages:
Distribution:
Most of Europe; absent Iberian peninsula and northern parts of Fennoscandinavia. Also eastward patchily through Russian and Middle East to C Siberia. In Denmark mainly in central Jylland and on Sjælland near suited waterways. But seen throughout.
Habitat:
Behavior:
Status:
LC Denmark. LC globally. In Denmark rather common, and perhaps even increasing due to better water quality.
Comment:
Banded Demoiselle 1241    (1 photos)
2021-06-05    Tamosen (Suserup), Denmark

Imago ♂




Banded Demoiselle 1242    (1 photos)
2021-06-05    Tamosen (Suserup), Denmark

Imago ♂




Banded Demoiselle 1243    (1 photos)
2021-06-05    Tamosen (Suserup), Denmark

Imago ♂




Banded Demoiselle 1244    (1 photos)
2021-06-05    Tamosen (Suserup), Denmark

Imago ♀




Banded Demoiselle 1245    (1 photos)
2021-06-05    Tamosen (Suserup), Denmark

Imago ♀




Banded Demoiselle 1246    (1 photos)
2021-06-05    Tamosen (Suserup), Denmark

Imago ♂




Banded Demoiselle 1247    (1 photos)
2021-06-05    Tamosen (Suserup), Denmark

Imago ♀




Banded Demoiselle 1248    (2 photos)
2021-06-05    Tamosen (Suserup), Denmark

Imago ♀
Not sure it's the same individual with the pale wing cells in photo 2...



Banded Demoiselle 1249    (1 photos)
2021-06-05    Tamosen (Suserup), Denmark

Imago ♂




Banded Demoiselle 1250    (1 photos)
2021-06-05    Tamosen (Suserup), Denmark

Imago ♀




Banded Demoiselle 1240    (1 photos)
2021-06-05    Tamosen (Suserup), Denmark

Imago ♀




Banded Demoiselle 1458    (1 photos)
2023-06-04    Tamosen (Suserup), Denmark

Imago ♂
Drier and warmer conditions than when I was here two years ago probably made the numbers smaller and the overall experience less magical.



Banded Demoiselle 1459    (2 photos)
2023-06-04    Tamosen (Suserup), Denmark

Imago ♀




Banded Demoiselle 1655    (2 photos)
2023-06-24    Herlufsholmskoven, Denmark

Imago ♂
Susåen ved Herlufsholm.



Banded Demoiselle 1656    (1 photos)
2023-06-24    Herlufsholmskoven, Denmark

Imago ♀
Susåen ved Herlufsholm.

Not always easy to spot with green on green.




Banded Demoiselle 1657    (1 photos)
2023-06-24    Herlufsholmskoven, Denmark

Imago ♀
Susåen ved Herlufsholm.



Banded Demoiselle 1658    (1 photos)
2023-06-24    Herlufsholmskoven, Denmark

Imago ♂ og ♀
Susåen ved Herlufsholm.

Mating. We had about 50 animals just by the bridge. Females were outnumbered something like 2:20.




Banded Demoiselle 1659    (1 photos)
2023-06-24    Herlufsholmskoven, Denmark

Imago ♂
Susåen ved Herlufsholm.

The extent of black in the wing is highly variable.




Banded Demoiselle 1660    (1 photos)
2023-06-24    Herlufsholmskoven, Denmark

Imago ♂
Susåen ved Herlufsholm. Taken from the bridge.

Wonderful to see the clean water filled with water plants!




Banded Demoiselle 1724    (1 photos)
2023-07-08    Tvilum Bro (Silkeborg), Denmark

Imago ♀

Very common at this spot.




Banded Demoiselle 1725    (1 photos)
2023-07-08    Tvilum Bro (Silkeborg), Denmark

Imago ♂

Very common at this spot, and most were males.




Banded Demoiselle 1788    (3 photos)
2023-07-14    Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark

Imago ♂
Hejresøen.

Congratulations! Dragonfly-species number 29 on Amager for me! Out of the blue, and not the species I would have expected as the next one. However, checking naturbasen, there have been several single observations during the last years, why it has little sensational value, except for me.

Taking the Black Darters into considerations too, that I saw today, perhaps the southern wind has brought them in from further south?


Rare

Banded Demoiselle 1986    (2 photos)
2023-07-21    Bøtø-skoven, Denmark

Imago ♂

At the tityrus spot [Sort Ildfugl] near the parking lot. Found by Henrik and quite unusual here. An individual with much black in the wing.




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