Clive Watson
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit ampheta
Just wanted to get some expert opinion about this damselfly, photographed at Boldermere, Surrey, on 24/7/16. There were two emeralds, a male and a female, and since I've photographed male Common Emerald at Boldermere before, I concentrated on the female. As far as I can remember, the male was a Common Emerald and so I presumed the female was too, but having looked at it again, I'm wondering if it was a Willow Emerald. The pale brown pterostigma clearly suggests Willow Emerald but in the side view, I'm struggling to see the thorax spur and so I'm not 100% sure. Unfortunately once I'd finished with the female, I couldn't find the male again so I don't have any photos of that.