Sightings and egg-laying have been recorded in Lancashire, South Devon, Dorset and Sussex by the British Dragonfly Society. Since 1990, the initial spread in East Anglia was westwards from the ...

The mating ritual of the moorland hawker dragonfly—common around the ponds ... whereupon the female will head off to lay her eggs. Before she can do that, other males may show up seeking sex.

which the white-faced darters need for laying their eggs, it explained. The trust added it has worked with the British Dragonfly Society since 2019 to reintroduce the species but it "was not ...