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a female flat-bellied dragonfly (Libellula depressa) perches on a withered branch. In the background a green meadow. There is a lot of space for text. The dragonfly is photographed from above

Dragon-fly, view from above, blue - black, big, sitting on a rock, wings spreaded out, USA, Kenai Peninsula

$Identification:\nTot 57-66mm, Ab 39-49mm, Hw 37-42mm.\nIn flight often confused with the related and similar small A. mixta. Ranges less far north, but also migratory and may be invasive in good summers.\nMales are often observed when making low patrols over drying wetlands, showing their noticeable bright colors. The males vivid blue eyes and abdomen and largely green thorax sides are especially distinctive.\nHabitat: Prefers standing waters that dry up over the course of Summer, often overgrown with low rushes, bulrushes or reeds.\nFlight Season: On average, emerges earlier than A. mixta. Seen mainly from May to August, especially in the later months.\nDistribution: Seldom abundant, and only permanently present around the Mediterranean, but scarce in much of Iberia and North Africa. Hot summer weather may lead to influxes further north. Occurs east to Mongolia.\n\nThis Picture is made in a Fen area in Flevoland in half August 2022 by high Summer temperatures.$

green dragonfly close up. Macro shots nature scene dragonfly. green dragonfly in the nature habitat. Calopteryx splendens male

A male migrant hawker hanging from a bramble in the English countryside.

Dragonfly an efficient hunter on fruit tree

A male Widow Skimmer dragonfly, Libellula luctuosa, with soft blue wing marking indicating a juvenile in early summer. Photographer Bob Balestri dba Joesboy

Small insect on the ears of barley, selective focus

$Tot 30-39mm, Ab 25-32mm, HW 19-23mm.\nOur most delicate Lestes, which is normally easily separated by its statue and coloration, although some Iberian populations recall L. barbarous.\nHabitat: A wide variety of seasonally dry shallow and reedy waters in the south, becoming more critical in the north-west, where it is most abundant in heath and bog lakes with peat moss (Sphagnum) and rushes (Juncus).\nFlight Season: Northern populations mostly emerge in July, flying into November.\nDistribution: Widespread in Europe, although seldom the dominant Lestes species. Distribution recall L. barbarous, and also tends to wander like that species, though rarely in similarly great numbers.\n\nThis Species is to be seen in the describe Habitats, but not as common as L. sponsa in the Netherlands.$

A grasshopper on a leaf in raspberry bushes with a blurry misty bokeh.

A dragonfly is posing on a tree in the garden

Mantis is a type of mantis originating from the island of Borneo. It has a unique body shape and is colored like dried leaves to disguise itself for prey.

$Field characters: Tot 56-64mm, Ab 43-54mm, Hw 37-42mm. Distinctly smaller than most Aeshna species.\n\nThe commonest small hawker. Numerous in much of our area, and although it can be on the wing during most months in the Mediterranean, further north it is especially associated with late summer and autumn, when it may appear in massive migrations. It is usually identified by its size, relative dull colours and the diagnostic yellow \$

Selective focus of a hoverfly in the garden with blurry background

The Banded Demoiselle can be seen flitting around slow-moving rivers, ponds and lakes. ... Male Banded Demoiselles are metallic blue, with broad, dark blue patches on each wing.

A macro photography of a common fruit fly standing on top of a leaf rubbing its frontal feet

Dragonfly and transparent wings on green leaf.

Natural closeup on a common bluetail damselfly, Ischnura elegans sitting on a green leaf

$Tot: 45-50mm, Ab 30-37mm, Hw 33-38mm.\nIdentification:\nVery similar to O. cancellatum, with which it is found especially in the south-east, and as far west as France. However, it is sleeker, paler and more contrasting. Named for the contrasting white appendages of both sexes.\nBehavior:\nLike O. cancellatum, male often sits on open ground near the water, making very fast, low flights over the water.\nOccurrence:\nDistribution is patchy, but the species is generally not uncommon, stretching to China and Japan.\nHabitat: Open Ponds and Lakes.\nFlight Season: From the end of May to mid-September.\n\nThis nice Skimmer is photographed during a Vacation in France in May 1990. Scanned from a slide.$

Close-up of a leprous milkweed locust in the wild in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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