Found along brisk little streams with a gravel or rocky bottom, weed strands and plenty of bankside vegetation. These pretty little half damsel half dragonflies are usually seen bouncing along on blobby looking wings, the males looking for females to date, or other males to give a good kicking to. We should get River Jewelwing too locally although I have yet to find one.
A June to August species and probably like most calopteryx species, tolerant of some level of pollution.
The top photo is a male, the bottom, female.
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