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A Banded Demoiselle poised on dead grass head in sunlight

Lestes sponsa - emerald damselfly or common spreadwing - in her natural habitat

A mating pair of Hairy Dragonfly, Brachytron pratense, perching on a Stinging Nettle plant growing at the edge of a lake.

Close up of a small blue dragonfly hanging on a plant and devouring a captured small animal

Close up dragonfly standing in the grass

Dragonfly hunting for mosquito and eating a fly

Detail closeup of a western willow emerald damselfly, Chalcolestes viridis, insect resting in the sun

Dragonfly eating insect - animal behavior.

$close-up view of a damselfly in natural habitat. sample of macrophotography in free nature. \nDamselflies are flying insects of the suborder Zygoptera in the order Odonata. They are similar to dragonflies but are smaller and have slimmer bodies. Eating other insects.$

An image of a Willow Emerald Damselfly perched on foliage

A willow emerald damselfy or western willow spreadwing (Chalcolestes viridis) is holding on to a small branch.

Male banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) attacking male azure damselfly (Coenagrion puella).

Damselfly catch the flies and eat them, hunting is quite unique because the body of flies that tend to be bigger.

$Tot 35-39mm, Ab 25-33mm, Hw 17-24mm. Average size and build for a Spreadwing.\n\nThe most widespread and numerous Lestes in many areas, probably because it is less partial to ephemeral habitats.\n\nOccurrence:\nOne of the commonest damselflies in most of Northern Europe across to japan, but (largely) absent from most of the south.\n\nHabitat:\nAlmost any standing water with ample reed-like vegetation. May be more numerous at recent shallow or acidic sites, but not specific to pioneer, ephemeral or bog-like conditions.\n\nFlight Season:\nGenerally from mid-May to mid-October, peaking in August. Most emergence tends to be a week later than L. dryas.\n\nThis is a common Species in the Netherlands in the described Habitats.$

Close-up of a male Emerald Damselfly (Lestes Sponsa) holding on to a straw

Dragonfly on green leaf - black background.

Multi-colored dragonflies on dry grass by the lake. Selective focus.

A dragonfly in action with a mountain backdrop in Golden, British Columbia, Canada, in the summertime.

18 august 2023, Basse Yutz, Yutz, Thionville Portes de France, Moselle, Lorraine, Grand Est, France. It's summer. Around the body of water in a public park, in the vegetation that borders it, a Green Emerald Damselfly has landed on a reed leaf. It clung to the underside of the leaf. It is a small odonate with a metallic green color.

Similar in appearance to the more common Emerald Damselfly. Willow Emerald Damselfly is longer than Emerald Damselfly, appears thinner and lacks the blue pruinescense. The dark bordered pale brown pterostigma is a key identification feature of Willow Emerald Damselfly.

Enallagma cyathigerum, common blue dragonfly on a branch in a pond, in Monte Escobedo Zacatecas

Dragonfly Lestes barbarus, female. High quality photo

Brilliant Emerald Dragonfly perched on a leaf in Woodwalton Fen nature reserve.

A Willow Emerald damselfly resting on a reed with a green bokeh background

Common bluetail on a blade of grass. Insect close-up. Ischnura elegans.

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

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