A Common Flashwing (Vestalis amethystina) spotted at the Central Catchment Nature Reserve, Singapore on 1 Jan 2025. A common damselfly and one of the larger ones. If you angle the flash just right when taking a shot, you can get a lovely glittering pattern on its wings.
On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/256984924 ].
Two damselflies form a heart shape (almost) as they mate in warm weather in County Armagh, UK
Photograph: David Hunter/Alamy Live News
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
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
#insects #krabbeltierchen #dragonflies #damselflies #libelle
Zum Thema eine großartige Dokumentation:
https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/110982-000-A/die-zwei-leben-der-libelle/
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 
