A resting dragonfly, delicately grasping a wild onion stem.

[Archive – 29-06-2023]

While there still is some time until the odonata season kicks off in my area, this male C. mercuriale still fascinates me due to his throax pattern. It's known that members of this genus can resemble each other but I haven't seen anyone document C. mercuriale with an abdomen similar to that of C. hastulatum.

(Also apologies, Vernissage doesn't support status edits so I had to delete my last post due to poor alt text.)

#Odonata #Damselfly #SouthernDamselfly #Nature

Calopteryx virgo (Linnaeus, 1758)

Snapped back in May 2024, Ardennes, France

#Pentax K-3iii + PENTAX-D FA MACRO 100mm F2.8 WR + flash + diffuser + ring light. Processed in Lightroom.

Published under #CC0 here https://www.flickr.com/photos/101430615@N03/53775074977

#Odonata #Zygoptera #Calopterygoidea #Calopterygidae #Macro #Insect
#damselfly #Nature #Wildlife #MyWork #photography

While the weather remains nasty, I'm still raiding my stash of pictures I took long ago. Here's a gorgeous widow skimmer male (𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘭𝘢 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘰𝘴𝘢) from 2008:

oyen

So, November 8th, and we're still getting #dragonflies along the Pierce Road in #Harvard #Forest.

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

Vagrant Darter (Sympetrum vulgatum)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vagrant_Darter_(Sympetrum_vulgatum)_-_Haugesund,_Norway_2021-08-04.jpg

Black saddlebags

American Rubyspot (Hetaerina americana) - a lovely damselfly

Dragonflies eyes are made up of about 30,000 ommatidia, with a single blind spot behind their head. They feed on mosquitoes and other small insects. This image belongs to Sympetrum striolatum