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Bavaria, Germanay. Close-up of a beautiful opend Blue-winged Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo Dragonfly with green Background.

A Large metallic damselfly with fluttering, butterfly-like wings resting in foliage

Close-up of a banded damselfly (Calopteryx splendens) sitting on a blade of grass. The background is blurred and green. The wings are clearly visible.

Beautiful coloful dragonfly sitting on a flower

Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) is a species of damselfly belonging to the family Calopterygidae

$Tot 42-45mm, Ab. 25-29mm, Hw 32-38mm.\n\nGeneral: A local species throughout our area that prefers slow-moving waters, bordered with tall emergent vegetation. The appearance of the male changes dramatically with maturation; vivid orange abdomen turn into black and grey-blue territorial males. \nMales frequently perch on waterside plants, making darting flights between perches.\nHabitat: Appears to require a certain combination of water quality and habitat structure (such as Reed borders). Include slow flowing rivers and streams, abandoned canals, reedy lakes and ditches, oxbows and fishponds.\nFlight Season: From April to early August, but activity concentrated in May and June in most of range.\nDistribution: Widespread through M Europe, habitat specific, therefore locally common.\n\nIn the Netherlands the Dragonfly is local common. The Males have a blue Abdomen.$

Widow Skimmer on plant stem. It is a distinctive black and gray dragonfly with boldly marked wings. It perches on plant stems. Males are territorial at water, also seen in fields and meadows.

The scarce chaser is a species of dragonfly. The adult male has a bright blue abdomen with patches of black, while the adult female and juvenile male each have a bright orange abdomen. It is about 45 mm in length with an average wingspan of 74 mm. It is distributed throughout Europe

Bavaria, Germanay. Close-up of a beautiful opend Blue-winged Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo Dragonfly with Black and White Background.

Close-up of a flat-bellied dragonfly (Libellula depressa) perched on a branch outdoors, photographed from behind, as a close-up.

$Field characters: Tot 56-64mm, Ab 43-54mm, Hw 37-42mm. Distinctly smaller than most Aeshna species.\n\nThe commonest small hawker. Numerous in much of our area, and although it can be on the wing during most months in the Mediterranean, further north it is especially associated with late summer and autumn, when it may appear in massive migrations. It is usually identified by its size, relative dull colours and the diagnostic yellow \$

European damselfly sitting on a string of grass

Close up of Common Blue Damselfly at rest

A macro shot of a dragonfly perched on a tree branch

Blue dragonfly on a plant stem in green grass.

Widow Skimmer dragonfly perched with wings spread wide in the summer

$General: Common by still waters in most of Europe. Easily recognized by its large size, brown body and the black wing spots for which it is named.\nTot 40-48mm, Ab 27-32mm, Hw 32-40mm.\nMales heave a powerful, aggressive flight and frequently perch on stakes overlooking the water.\nHabitat: Most still waters, preferably with well developed vegetation, and can be very numerous on acidic lakes.\nFlight Season: From late April to mid September, but most abundant in early summer.\nDistribution: Widespread and abundant in much of range, across temperate Eurasia and North America. In the past was known to have massive migrations.\n\nThis is a common Species in the described Habitats in the Netherlands.\nThe Picture is made in the Wieden (Overijssel, the Netherlands) in mid June of 2023.$

The banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) is a species of damselfly belonging to the family Calopterygidae. It is often found along slow-flowing streams and rivers. It is a Eurasian species occurring from the Atlantic coast eastwards to Lake Baikal and northwestern China.

Male common whitetail (Plathemis lydia) on rock. A North American dragonfly.

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