Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Sulzer, 1776)
Status .....Common and widespread, occurring at many Nottinghamshire sites. Often the first Damselfly seen in Spring.
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Photographed at Warsop Main Pit Top 2021
 
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Photographed at Eakring Meadows May 2004
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Pyrrhosoma nymphula
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Richard Rogers. Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. NBGRC. Netherfield Wildlife Group. Bob Merritt. Wil Heeney. Stuart Warrington. The National Trust (Clumber Park invertebrate records). Peter Kirby (Bentinck Tip & Void Invertebrate survey 2007). David Yates. Michael Craven. Lound Moth Group. Pauline Bradford. Rob Johnson. Lound Moth Group. Tom Shields. Brian Wetton. David Shaw.

You can contribute your own records to help us gain an accurate status of this species in Nottinghamshire. Send an Excel spreadsheet of your records via the 'contact us' link at the top of the homepage.

Updated January 2024

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