 The dainty damselfly seems to be univoltine in their core populations and in their expansion populations, this was exhibited when ponds were sampled and they showed that each was a separate population.The dainty damselfly was formerly recorded as a breeding species in Britain and had thought to have become locally extinct after the North Sea flood of 1953.There was a large viable population in East Anglia, but after the flood many seasons passed by without any sightings of the dainty damselfly leading to the conclusion that they had been extirpated.