ID Chart – Dragonflies And Damselflies

Dragonflies and damselflies belong to the order of insects called Odonata (meaning ‘toothed jaw’ in ancient Greek.) 

This 12 sided laminated fold out colour identification chart of Dragonflies and Damselflies of Britain covers 16 damselfly species and 28 dragonfly species. It is an easy to use key to help identify your find with text that provides details of life cycle and a list of British species.

With practice most of the British species of dragonflies can be identified in the field and many while they are in flight.