Loudoun County is home to more than 70 species of dragonflies and damselflies. Join Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy’s Andy Rabin on a 2- to 3-hour walk in search of these fascinating insects and see them up close. This popular trip is always both fun and informative. Bring binoculars and your own insect net if you have one […]

Walk along a marsh or pond and you will likely see dragonflies and damselflies, darting out to catch a fly or patrolling their territory. The future of these beautiful creatures is tied to the health and abundance of our watery habitats. Use our Dragonflies and Damselflies of Loudoun County Checklist to track which ones you […]

Loudoun County is home to over 70 species of dragonflies and damselflies. One of the best places to find them is at Bles Park in Ashburn. Join Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy’s Andy Rabin on a 2- to 3-hour walk around the park in search of these fascinating insects and get to see them up close. This […]

On June 23th, Andy Rabin and Kevin Munroe led another great field trip to find and identify as many dragonflies and damselflies as they could. The group visited Bles Park, Claude Moore Park and Willowsford. A full list of the sightings (33 species) is below and reference of the first place they saw them during the day. […]

This just in from Christopher S. Hobson, VA DCR – Division of Natural Heritage: The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation – Division of Natural Heritage (DCR-DNH), with funding from the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is developing an atlas of the rare dragonflies, damselflies, […]

We had a great walk led by Andy Rabin and Mona Miller. Eighteen people of all ages came out to spot and help identify these beautiful insects. In total, we saw 17 species of butterflies, 13 species of dragonflies and 1species of damselflies. The highlight of the butterflies was the large number of Juniper (aka […]

We had a great day of hunting dragons and damsels across the fine Loudoun countryside! Seven people joined us as Andy Rabin and Kevin Munroe, both real experts in dragonflies and damselflies, took us out into the field. We started the day at 10am at Bles Park then went to Claude Moore at noon and ended the […]

Vol. 13 Issue 1, Spring 2008 By Bonnie Eaton The damselfly is a close relative to the dragonfly. Both belong to the ancient order Odonata. Damselflies belong to the suborder zygoptera, and dragonflies are in the suborder anisoptera. Odonata means “toothed” referring to their chewing mandibles. Depending on the species, damselflies inhabit the terrestrial and […]