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Libellen auf einem Weiher zwischen Tuchenbach und Veitsbronn
Dragonflies on a pond near Tuchenbach/Veitsbronn
(Tuchenbach, Veitsbronn, Bavaria, Germany, May 2014)
A shot I was waiting for! Got it with my 80-200/2.8.
Silver efex for the background.
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A less than full mature Sapphire Rockmaster (Diphlebia coerulescens) with its Sapphire coloration still forming - compare to my next picture. This is becoming one of my favourite shots from Queensland, 2019.
Photo Raynoxed by my wife
Lestes sponsa, is a damselfly, with a wide Palaearctic distribution. It is known commonly as the Emerald Damselfly or Common Spreadwing. Both males and females have a metallic green colour and when resting its wings are usually half opened.
One of the larger damselflies, this species is most common in July and August. It is often found by ponds and lakes, and is very rarely seen along flowing water. Emerald Damselflies like to perch among reeds, their colour providing good camouflage. They are not as strong fliers when compared to other common damselflies such as the Common Blue or Large Red Damselflies, but they are more likely to be seen on misty, rainy days then those species. When disturbed they usually do not fly very far away, landing on another perch a few yards away. Their habit of perching with their wings half open is characteristic of the family Lestidae and gives rise to their other common name of spreadwings. A population can consist of several hundred insects.
Variable Damselfly (Coenagrion pulchellum) was recorded in Bedfordshire for the first time last year (2017). On 08/05/2018 I found this one at a new Bedofrdshire location beside the river Great Ouse at Roxton.
A plan view of a COmmon Spreadwing/Emerald Damselfly (Lestes sponsa). Nice to get these characters away from their usually confused background.