Red Hot Lovers, Pt. 4 - _TNY_5400
A mating pair of ruddy darters (Sympetrum sanguineum) - the red one is the male and the more yellow one is the female.
The English word "ruddy" basically means "reddish", which corresponds with the scientific name "sanguineum", meaning blood-coloured. It is even more literal in various other countries' vernacular names, like in Swedish, Norwegian, German, Dutch and Danish.
This couple were having a moment on a tree stump by the Nedre Dammen pond in Åva-Stensjödal in Tyresta National Park just south of Stockholm, Sweden in late August.
Part 1, with focus on the guy here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51702433816/
Part 2 shows the entire mating wheel here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51860140925/''
Part 3 with focus on the girl here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52897011162/
Plus one more here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51417581761/
Red Hot Lovers, Pt. 4 - _TNY_5400
A mating pair of ruddy darters (Sympetrum sanguineum) - the red one is the male and the more yellow one is the female.
The English word "ruddy" basically means "reddish", which corresponds with the scientific name "sanguineum", meaning blood-coloured. It is even more literal in various other countries' vernacular names, like in Swedish, Norwegian, German, Dutch and Danish.
This couple were having a moment on a tree stump by the Nedre Dammen pond in Åva-Stensjödal in Tyresta National Park just south of Stockholm, Sweden in late August.
Part 1, with focus on the guy here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51702433816/
Part 2 shows the entire mating wheel here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51860140925/''
Part 3 with focus on the girl here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52897011162/
Plus one more here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51417581761/