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Male blue dasher dragonfly, Pachydiplax longipennis, on pink water lily.

Dragonflies rest on Lotus poles, North China

$water lily,\nequalized, water surface$

Close up image of a dragonfly on a water lily

A mating pair of Large Red Damselfly, Pyrrhosoma nymphula, on a water lily leaf in summer.

Two male banded demoiselles (Calopteryx splendens) resting on reed grass near a river.

A pair of lesser emperor laying eggs in the pond.

A male and female Green Darner Dragonfly (Anax junius) on an Amazon Giant Waterlily (Victoria amazonica). The male is holding a female between her eyes and pronotum, while she deposits her eggs in the water. Their reflection is seen in the water. The green darner is also known as; common green darner, snake doctor, darning needle, or simply dragonfly.

$Red-veined Meadowhawk dragonfly resting on a broad leafed plant in a small pond.\n\nTaken in Scotts Valley, California, USA.$

A dragon fly rests on a stem of a lily flower in the lake

$Tot 33-37mm, Ab 23-25mm, Hw 29-32mm.\nLarge, broad, club-tailed species, Males often perch on lilypads. They are dark, marked with white highlights on the face, waist and at the tips of the wings and abdomen. This makes identification through binoculars easy.\nBehavior:\nBoth sexes fly actively over open water, frequently resting on floating vegetation (Nuphar, Nymphaea, Potamogeton), where mating may also take place. Male often raises clubbed tail.\nOccurrence:\nOccurrence is scattered and populations are normally rather small. May be abundant locally.\nHabitat:\nPools and lakes with moderate nutrient levels and rich aquatic vegetation.\nFlight Season: \nMid May to early August; most abundant in June.\n\nThis Picture is made in the Wieden (Overijssel, the Netherlands) in mid June of 2023.$