Check List of Essex Dragonflies
Calopteryx virgo (Linne, 1758) ................................................................................................. B
Calopteryx splendens (Harris, 1782) ...................................................................................... B
Lestes virens (Charpentier, 1825) ........................................................................................... D
Lestes sponsa (Hansemann. 1823) .......................................................................................... B
Lestes dryas (Kirby, 1890) .......................................................................................................... B
Platycnemis pennipes (Pallas, 1771) ...................................................................................... B
Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Sulzer, 1776) ................................................................................... B
Ischnura elegans (Vander Linden, 1820) .............................................................................. B
Ischnura pumilio (Charpentier, 1825) ............................................................................. D/E
Coenagrion scitulum (Rambur, 1842) ................................................................................... E
Coenagrion mercuriale (Charpentier. 1840) ...................................................................... D
Coenagrion puella (Linne. 1758) ............................................................................................. B
Coenagrion pulchellum (Vander Linden. 1852) ........................................................... B/E
Enallagma cyathigerum (Charpentier. 1840) ...................................................................... B
Erythromma najas (Hansemann, 1823) ........................................................................... B
Ceriagrion tenellum (Villers, 1789) ......................................................................................... E
Gomphus vulgatissimus (Linne, 1758) ................................................................................. E
Brachytron pratense (Muller. 1764) ....................................................................................... B
Aeshna juncea (Linne, 1758) .................................................................................................... V +
Aeshna cyanea (Muller, 1764) .................................................................................................. B
Aeshna grandis (Linne, 1758) ................................................................................................... B
Aeshna mixta (Latreille, 1805) ................................................................................................. B
Anax imperator (Leach, 1815) .................................................................................................. B
Cordulegaster boltonii (Donovan, 1807) .............................................................................. V +
Codulia aenea (Linne. 1758) ..................................................................................................... B
Oxygastra curtisii (Dale. 1934) ................................................................................................ D
Libellula depressa (Linne, 1758) ............................................................................................. B
Libellula fulva (Muller, 1764) ................................................................................................... E
Libellula quadrimaculata (Linne, 1758) ............................................................................... B
Orthetrum cancellatum (Linne, 1758) ................................................................................... B
Orthetrum coerulescens (Fabricius, 1789) ........................................................................... V -
Sympetrum danae (Sulzer, 1776) ........................................................................................ B/V +
Sympetrum sanguineum (Muller, 1764) ............................................................................... B
Sympetrum flaveolum (Linne, 1758) ..................................................................................... V +
Sympetrum striolatum (Charpentier, 1840) ......................................................................... B
Sympetrum vulgatum (Linne, 1758) ....................................................................................... V -
Leucorrhinia dubia (Vander Linden, 1825) ........................................................................ E
Key
B = Currently a breeding species in Essex
E = Formerly a breeding species, now extinct
D = Only dubiously recorded from Essex
V+ = Vagrant in Essex, recorded during the survey period (1980-7)
V- = Vagrant in Essex, not recorded during the survey period
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