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This 'streamside butterfly' is our most familiar riverine odonate. It is a variable species and numerous forms have been named.
Banded Demoiselle on a leaf
Close-up of a male Emerald Damselfly (Lestes Sponsa) holding on to a straw
Common blue damselfly on the leaf
Close-up of a banded damselfly (Calopteryx splendens) sitting on a blade of grass. The background is blurred and green. The wings are clearly visible.
A Banded Demoiselle poised on dead grass head in sunlight
Bavaria, Germanay. Close-up of a beautiful opend Blue-winged Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo Dragonfly with green Background.
Blue banded demoiselle isolated on white background. Close up colorful Calopteryx splendens damselfly flying cut out, side view. Bright colours dragonfly cutout, real macro wild life
A closeup of the European Large red damselfly, Pyrrhosoma nymphula, sitting on a green leaf
Field characters: 66-84mm, abdomen: 50-61mm, Hw: 45-52mm.\nBlue Emperor is presently a common species, which is only absent from parts of the northern provinces of Groningen and Friesland. It is found at most larger bodies of standing water. Compared to the pre-1990 period, the species has increased strongly. So is with other dragonflies, Blue Emperor has benefit of the gradual warming in the last decades.\n\nThe largest Aeshnid in most of our area and common Species in the Netherlands..
Adult Narrow-winged Damselfly of the Family Coenagrionidae
Beautiful blue and black patterned dragonfly.
This beautiful male Banded Demoiselle Damselfly rests on a blade of grass in an Oxfordshire meadow, alongside the banks of the River Thames. Further downstream lies the Chimney Meadows National Nature Reserve.
A Large metallic damselfly with fluttering, butterfly-like wings resting in foliage
blue dragonfly is sitting on grass in a meadow. insect dragonfly close up macro
Close up view of a dragonfly.
Tot 39-48mm, Ab 29-39mm, Hw 23-28mm.\nLestes viridis is easily noted for its vivid green color, pale appendices, large size and its habit of hiding in trees and bushes. It is the only European Species that lay eggs in living wood.\nOccurrence:\nWidespread and common in most of Europe; inexplicably absent until recently from Great Britain (where suitable habitat abounds). Benefits from urbanization, favoring garden and park ponds, and possibly expending northwards.\nHabitat: \nAlmost any type of standing or slow flowing water with bordering trees and bushes. Unlike other Lestes, does not favors ephemeral conditions (e.g. shallows, drying-out pans).\nFlight Season:\nThe latest Lestes; in central Europe seldom emerges before mid-July, but already in early May in Iberia. Abundant in august and September, persisting into November.\n\nThis is probably the most Common Lestes in the Netherlands.
Male of a small shiny dragonfly Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) on the grass on the river bank
Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) sitting on a blade of grass - a species of damselfly belonging to the family Calopterygidae.
A functional insect of the order Neuroptera in the wild, North China
Beautiful red dragonfly on a stem.\nClose-up of a red colored male ruddy darter (Sympetrum sanguineum) hanging on vegetation. Resting in sunlight in a meadow.
Damselflies are flying insects of the suborder Zygoptera in the order Odonata. They are similar to dragonflies, which constitute the other odonatan suborder, Anisoptera, but are smaller and have slimmer bodies.
Male Banded Demoiselle resting in sunlight on wildflower
Male banded demoiselle damselfly, Calopteryx splendens. Stunning British insect portrait.
Enallagma cyathigerum Common Blue Damselfly Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.
the beautiful dragonfly on a meadow closeup
General: Common by still waters in most of Europe. Easily recognized by its large size, brown body and the black wing spots for which it is named.\nTot 40-48mm, Ab 27-32mm, Hw 32-40mm.\nMales heave a powerful, aggressive flight and frequently perch on stakes overlooking the water.\nHabitat: Most still waters, preferably with well developed vegetation, and can be very numerous on acidic lakes.\nFlight Season: From late April to mid September, but most abundant in early summer.\nDistribution: Widespread and abundant in much of range, across temperate Eurasia and North America. In the past was known to have massive migrations.\n\nThis is a common Species in the described Habitats in the Netherlands.\nThe Picture is made in the Wieden (Overijssel, the Netherlands) in mid June of 2023.
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Dragonfly close-up
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