DRAGONFLIES AND DAMSELFLIES – Mike Read

Beautiful demoiselle Calopteryx virgo resting on a monkey flower in a garden, Corfe Mullen, Dorset, England, UK, June 2018

5MD00107 Beautiful demoiselle

Common bluet damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum on a nettle leaf, Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust Reserve, Ellingham, near Ringwood, Hampshire, England, UK, May 2018

5MD00103 Common blue damselfly

Common bluet damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum on a grass stem, Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust Reserve, Ellingham, near Ringwood, Hampshire, England, UK, May 2018

5MD00101 Common blue damselfly

Twelve spotted skimmer Libellula pulchella perched on a dead stick beside a lake Sackville Waterfowl Park Sackville New Brunswick Canada August 2017

5MD00099 Twelve spotted skimmer

Four-spotted chaser Libellula quadrimaculata resting on a dead branch Arne RSPB reserve Dorset England UK July 2017

5MD00096 Four-spotted chaser

Blue emperor Anax imperator female ovipositing in garden pond Ringwood Hampshire England UK August 2016

5MD00093 Blue emperor

Migrant hawker Aeshna mixta resting on leeks in a garden vegetable plot Ringwood Hampshire England UK August 2016

5MD00083 Migrant hawker

Migrant hawker Aeshna mixta resting on support cable in a garden Ringwood Hampshire England UK August 2016

5MD00080 Migrant hawker

Blue emperor dragonfly Anax imperator female egg laying

5MD00075 Blue emperor dragonfly

Southern hawker Aeshna cyanea

5MD00055 Southern hawker

Blue emperor Anax imperator male in flight

5MD00049 Blue emperor

Beautiful demoiselle Calopteryx virgo damselfly above New Forest stream New Forest National Park Hampshire England UK

5MD00041 Beautiful demoiselle

Southern hawker Aeshna cyanea teneral recently emerged from exuvia

5MD00060 Southern hawker

Common darter Sympetrum striolatum in garden Ringwood Hampshire England

5MD00032 Common darter

Four-spotted chaser Libellula quadrimaculata at rest Brownsea Island Dorset Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve Dorset England

5MD00016 Four-spotted chaser

Broad-bodied chaser Libellula depresa Parc Naturel Regional de La Brenne France

5MD00036 Broad-bodied chaser

Common Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans

5MD00003 Common Blue-tailed Damselfly

Banded demoiselle Calopteryx splendens female covered with dew at rest River Avon Hampshire England UK

5-M-60 Banded demoiselle