Dragonfly tours in East Spain!

 

Dragonflies are fascinating and fearsome insects, specially if you are part of its food!  They are gracefully flyers with many different forms and colorations. We offer wildlife and dragonflies tours in East Spain which are focus on a wide number of species. Besides, we will keep an eye on  birds and any kind of wildlife, (please see local tours). Valencia and Alicante province are extremely rich in dragonflies due to the variety of habitats and the warm weather. As a result, we can find some of the most “wanted”, usually new African colonisers such as Orange-winged dropwing, Banded grounding , Violet dropwing or Desert darter.

 

 

Banded Grounding (Brachythemis leucosticta). It is one of the dragonflies species which has become relatively common in the wetlands of East Spain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Southern Skimmer (Orthetrum brunneum), locally abundant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scarlet Darter (Crocothemis erythraea), very abundant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Violet dropwing (Trithemis annulata), locally abundant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Broad-bodied Chaser (Libellula depresa), locally common in land.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cooper damoiselle (Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis), common.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

White featherleg (Platycnemis latipes), locally common.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Orange-winged dropwing (Trithemis kirby), very local but with very good chances of seeing it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Small Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula), local.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long skimmer (Orthetrum trinacria), abundant locally.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Orange footherleg (Platycnemis acutipennis), local.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Epaulet Skimmer (Orthetrum chrysostigma), common.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Desert Darter (Sympetrum sinaiticum), local.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Small Red Eye Damselfly (Erythromma viridulum), local.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lesser emperor (Anax parthenope), very common in late summer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blue Hawker (Aeshna cyanea). Local.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pronged Clubtail (Gomphus graslinii)

 

Other species that can be found during the dragonfly tour:

 

Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii). Very common in paddy fields around VR.

Small spreadwings (Lestes virens), very local.

Southern damselfly (Coenagrion mercuriale), local.

Dainty damselfly (Coenagrion scitulum), local.

Western Willow spreadwings (Lestes viridis), relatively common.

Blue eye (Cercion lindeni), common.

Common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum), common.

Blue-tailed damselfly (Ischnura elegans), very common.

Iberian blue tailed (Ischnura graellsii), very local.

Long Red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula), very local.

Large red damselfly (Ceriagrion tenellum) local.

Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta), common.

Southern Hawker (Aeshna cyanea ), very local.

Green-eye/Norfork Hawker (Aeshna isosceles) local.

Emperor Dragonfly (Anax imperator) abundant.

Lesser emperor (Anax parthenope), common.

Western Clubtail (Gomphus pulchellus), local but abundant.

Small pincertail (Onychogomphus forcipatus), local.

Large pincertail (Onychogomphus uncatus), local.

Black-tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum), common.

Southern skimmer (Orthetrum brunneum), local.

Keeled skimmer (Orthetrum coerulescens), common.

Common darter (Sympetrum striolatum), common.

 

Please for more information about dragonfly tours contact us.

 

Pau Lucio