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A thin blue dragonfly sits on a narrow leaf of grass

Male banded demoiselle damselfly resting in the reeds along the river Stour near Sudbury in Suffolk.

damselfly, a dragonfly insect, North China

Extreme closeup of a blue damselfly in the wild

A male broad-bodied predator Libellula depressa sits on a dry snag near a pond. Natural habitat.

A blue dasher (pachydiplax longipennis) perched next to the marsh water along a hiking trail.

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

a single Italian wall lizard (Podarcis siculus) on a natural background

$Daytime side-view close-up of a single blue \$

Adult male of blue dragonfly Calopteryx virgo, beautiful demoiselle, sitting on grass leaf above the river water

An image of a Migrant Hawker Dragonfly at rest on foliage in sunlight.

A shallow focus shot of a Southern damselfly on a thin leaf

Tropical condition, Dragon fly is in botanic garden.

Migrant hawker (Aeshna mixta) resting on reed grass.

Daytime macro side-view close-up of a single male banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) damselfy perched on a nettle leafat the waterfront of a brook

A dragonfly rests on a straw stump in a puddle of water.

Photo was taken in the nature reserve of the camargue in southern France

Albania: -photographed at the karst spring Blue Eye-Syri i Kaltër-Albania

Close up of dragon fly on a plant branch

The black-winged dragonfly belongs to the family of dragonflies, a very primitive insect. It is distributed in Henan, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Guangxi, etc. The face is dark and hairy. Except for the slightly lighter base color of the front lip, the rest of the body and the top of the head are all blue-green or blue-brown with a metallic luster. The back of the head is brown, with hair on the rear edge. The prothorax is black. The front of the sternum is blue-green with thick hair, and the side of the sternum is dark green with sparse hair. Most of the wings are black with blue-green flashes, and a small part is transparent. The hind wings are black; the area from the base of the wing to the end of the wing knot and the end of the elbow vein of the forewing is black, with a small black spot at the end of the wing, and the rest is transparent and colorless. The legs are black. The abdomen and anal appendages are all black [1].

The striking elegance of a metallic black and blue dragonfly resting on a vibrant green leaf. Its slender body glistens in the sunlight, with iridescent hues that shift with the light

The picture shows a blue dragonfly basking in the sun while sitting on a green leaf.

Southern Hawker Dragonfly perched on a leaf in Woodwalton Fen nature reserve.

$Tot 33-37mm, Ab 23-25mm, Hw 29-32mm.\nLarge, broad, club-tailed species, Males often perch on lilypads. They are dark, marked with white highlights on the face, waist and at the tips of the wings and abdomen. This makes identification through binoculars easy.\nBehavior:\nBoth sexes fly actively over open water, frequently resting on floating vegetation (Nuphar, Nymphaea, Potamogeton), where mating may also take place. Male often raises clubbed tail.\nOccurrence:\nOccurrence is scattered and populations are normally rather small. May be abundant locally.\nHabitat:\nPools and lakes with moderate nutrient levels and rich aquatic vegetation.\nFlight Season: \nMid May to early August; most abundant in June.\n\nThis Picture is made in the Weerribbenn (Overijssel, the Netherlands) in mid June of 2025.$

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