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Close-up of a four-spotted chaser, Libellula quadrimaculata, or four-spotted skimmer dragonfly resting in sunlight on green reeds. cool concept

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

Pair of dragonflies copulating on small branch in the nature.

Male Banded Demoiselle resting in sunlight on wildflower

A closeup shot of a green dragonfly on a rock

$A brown and rather plain hawker, with largely clear wings and conspicuous green eyes. The yellow triangle on S2 is diagnostic, as are the colour and shape of the hind wing base. Males patrol marshy ditches, reedy lakesides and other lush, calm waters.\nField characters: Tot 62-66mm, Ab 47-54mm, Hw 39-45mm.\nHabitat: Ditches, marshes, ponds and lakes with rich vegetation. Favours swamps of Water-soldier (Stratiotes aloides) in most of its northern range.\nFlight Season: May to August in most of its range, most abundant in June; earlier than most Aeshnia.\nDistribution: Widespread but very local in much of its range, especially in south-west, often numerous where present. \n\nThis is not a very common Species in the described Habitats in the Netherlands.$

Closeup detail of a metallic green bodied dragonfly perched on a branch in the summer sun

A dragonfly, white-faced meadowhawk, rests in late afternoon light in early fall in the boreal forest.

Dragonfly, Libellula depressa emerging adult, macro shot

Neurothemis is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. Their distribution is in India, Asia, Australia and the Pacific region. Most Neurothemis species are red.

Tiny damsel (Zygoptera) perched on a eucalyptus leaf

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

A beautiful Yellow-legged meadowhawk pauses on a leaf in the Canadian boreal forest.

Yellow dragonflies are on the flowers in nature.

Close up dragonfly standing in the grass

A blue emperor dragonfly laying eggs into the water, sunny day in springtime, Vienna (Austria)

Two blue feather dragonflies (Platycnemis) making love. The dragonflies form a love ring in the shape of a heart. The background is green and the light shines through the leaves

$Field characters: 66-84mm, abdomen: 50-61mm, Hw: 45-52mm.\nBlue Emperor is presently a common species, which is only absent from parts of the northern provinces of Groningen and Friesland. It is found at most larger bodies of standing water. Compared to the pre-1990 period, the species has increased strongly. So is with other dragonflies, Blue Emperor has benefit of the gradual warming in the last decades.\n\nThe largest Aeshnid in most of our area and common Species in the Netherlands..$

dragonfly flying among the wetland branches

Erythema of ponds is heated in the sun in summer.

Male banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) attacking male azure damselfly (Coenagrion puella).

A dragon fly, a bubble tube has just slipped out of t e larva, the nymph and is drying at a small piece of wood

A mating pair of Hairy Dragonfly, Brachytron pratense, perching on a Stinging Nettle plant growing at the edge of a lake.

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

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