Waltham Abbey Dragonfly Reserve May 04

                                
Common blue, Polyommatus icarus                  Banded demoiselle damselfly                 beetle                                                   one of the digger wasps
                                               
Nesting coots                                                                                                                                                     Pair of moorhen chicks
These pictures are of the mayflies, Ephemera danica, that were everywhere. The picture on the right opens up if clicked on as it is a good image, that of the pair is not so clear.
                                                
possibly a Zicrona caerulea                              another Phyllobius urticae this time quite turquoise            Cercopis vulnerata, largest British frog-hopper