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A closeup shot of a green dragonfly on a rock

Male Banded Demoiselle resting in sunlight on wildflower

Close-up of an emperor dragonfly perched on a flower

A dragonfly is an insect belonging to the order Odonata, infraorder Anisoptera. Adult dragonflies are characterized by large, multifaceted eyes, two pairs of strong, transparent wings, sometimes with coloured patches, and an elongated body.

Tiny damsel (Zygoptera) perched on a eucalyptus leaf

Close-up of a long-armed green spider that has caught a blue feathered dragonfly in its web. The background is green.

$Tot 42-45mm, Ab. 25-29mm, Hw 32-38mm.\n\nGeneral: A local species throughout our area that prefers slow-moving waters, bordered with tall emergent vegetation. The appearance of the male changes dramatically with maturation; vivid orange abdomen turn into black and grey-blue territorial males. \nMales frequently perch on waterside plants, making darting flights between perches.\nHabitat: Appears to require a certain combination of water quality and habitat structure (such as Reed borders). Include slow flowing rivers and streams, abandoned canals, reedy lakes and ditches, oxbows and fishponds.\nFlight Season: From April to early August, but activity concentrated in May and June in most of range.\nDistribution: Widespread through M Europe, habitat specific, therefore locally common.\n\nIn the Netherlands the Dragonfly is local common. The Males have a blue Abdomen.$

A remarkable close-up shot of a common darter dragonfly perching on dry grass and facing the camera.

Male common whitetail (Plathemis lydia) on rock. A North American dragonfly.

Close up of a Dragonfly sitting on the ground

Close up dragonfly standing in the grass

Lestes sponsa - Emerald damselfly - Gemeine Binsenjungfer, Germany (Baden-Württemberg), imago

$Field characters: 66-84mm, abdomen: 50-61mm, Hw: 45-52mm.\nBlue Emperor is presently a common species, which is only absent from parts of the northern provinces of Groningen and Friesland. It is found at most larger bodies of standing water. Compared to the pre-1990 period, the species has increased strongly. So is with other dragonflies, Blue Emperor has benefit of the gradual warming in the last decades.\n\nThe largest Aeshnid in most of our area and common Species in the Netherlands..$

A beautiful dragonfly waits for its prey on the wall

A front view of a ruddy darter dragonfly.

Closeup of an wild dragonfly in a wild flower

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

$Tot 39-48mm, Ab 29-39mm, Hw 23-28mm.\nLestes viridis is easily noted for its vivid green color, pale appendices, large size and its habit of hiding in trees and bushes. It is the only European Species that lay eggs in living wood.\nOccurrence:\nWidespread and common in most of Europe; inexplicably absent until recently from Great Britain (where suitable habitat abounds). Benefits from urbanization, favoring garden and park ponds, and possibly expending northwards.\nHabitat: \nAlmost any type of standing or slow flowing water with bordering trees and bushes. Unlike other Lestes, does not favors ephemeral conditions (e.g. shallows, drying-out pans).\nFlight Season:\nThe latest Lestes; in central Europe seldom emerges before mid-July, but already in early May in Iberia. Abundant in august and September, persisting into November.\n\nThis is probably the most Common Lestes in the Netherlands.$

Close-up of a Feather Dragonfly (Platycnemis pennipes) trapped in a spider web against a green background and unable to escape.

Yellow dragonflies are on the flowers in nature.

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