tanya_dann's Identifications

Loop track channel and puddles, common.

male or female?

paler than my earlier example but I read that they can change colour in different weather to regulate body temp - or perhaps the colour difference is gender-related?

Larvae sampled from Kaputone Stream in the Styx River catchment

A small damselfly found beside a stream in Tai Tapu camp ground, saved from a spider web. Measured approx 35mm.

Damselfly nymph.
Any way of sorting out the species ??

A red damsel fly in my garden.

While at the Marina, saw these. Never seen them in that color before.

Common around fire-fighting dam amongst tussock-shrubland

Red damselfly female

Damselfly