A Yellow Featherlegs (Copera marginipes) spotted at Ulu Sembawang Park Connector, Singapore on 24 Nov 2024. A small, uncommon damselfly, so nice to be able to spot one.

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/254289611 ].

A lovely looking book. Select the cover to take a peek at the contents. Out in June 2025.

"A richly illustrated guide to the incredible diversity of dragonflies and damselflies around the world"

https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691255033/dragonflies-and-damselflies-of-the-world

Damselfly meets stinging nettle at the edge of a slow, meandering river...

I seem to have been collecting pics of dragonflies and damselflies recently, so here's a little piccie dump

Common Spreadwing (Lestes sponsa)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Common_Spreadwing_(Lestes_sponsa)_-_Haugesund,_Norway_2021-08-04_(03).jpg

Common Spreadwing (Lestes sponsa)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Common_Spreadwing_(Lestes_sponsa)_-_Haugesund,_Norway_2021-08-04_(02).jpg

Derbyshire, UK

‘After a run of cloudy September weather, a warm, sunny day sent willow emerald #damselflies into a frenzy of egg-laying. It’s the only damselfly seen in Britain to lay its eggs directly into the bark of trees. Photo taken in Pleasley Pit country park.’

Photograph: K Parker

@photography

Dragonflies have finally been spotted in the garden as August comes to a close, but none have yet been willing to pose for a portrait

Unlike this female common winter damselfly (Sympecma fusca), which briefly alighted next to me this morning, perhaps out of solidarity, as I was scanning for its larger cousins

#Odonata
#Dragonflies
#Damselflies
#Photography
#ReturnToGermany
#MacroPhotography
#BackGardenEntomology

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/08/26/rachael-heyhoe-flint-trophy-action-2/
#cricket #RHFT #SVvBLZ #photography #birds #insects #butterflies #caterpillars #damselflies #dragonflies #grasshoppers
A look at the action so far in the RHFT game between Vipers and Blaze and a photo gallery.

A Common Flashwing (Vestalis amethystina) spotted at Dairy Farm Nature Park, Singapore on 3 Feb 2024. A large, common forest Damselfly, with wings that give off shiny reflections, like this shot taken with a flash.

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198286806 ]

Some damselfly, perhaps of the genus Lestes or Chalcolestes, spotted near #Goettingen, Germany.

(image in portrait orientation - click or tap for a complete view)

#photography #nature #insects #dragonflies #damselflies #Fujifilm #FujifilmXT2
(photo: @kernpanik | license: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

Common darter (Sympetrum striolatum, female), spotted near #Goettingen, Germany.

(image in portrait orientation - click or tap for a complete view)

#photography #nature #insects #dragonflies #damselflies #Fujifilm #FujifilmXT2
(photo: @kernpanik | license: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)