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A dragonfly in action with a mountain backdrop in Golden, British Columbia, Canada, in the summertime.

Dragonfly hunting for mosquito and eating a fly

Lestes sponsa - emerald damselfly or common spreadwing - in her natural habitat

Dragonfly eating insect - animal behavior.

Detail closeup of a western willow emerald damselfly, Chalcolestes viridis, insect resting in the sun

A Banded Demoiselle poised on dead grass head in sunlight

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

Close up of a small blue dragonfly hanging on a plant and devouring a captured small animal

Close-up of a male Emerald Damselfly (Lestes Sponsa) holding on to a straw

Close up dragonfly standing in the grass

A willow emerald damselfy or western willow spreadwing (Chalcolestes viridis) is holding on to a small branch.

$Tot 35-39mm, Ab 25-33mm, Hw 17-24mm. Average size and build for a Spreadwing.\n\nThe most widespread and numerous Lestes in many areas, probably because it is less partial to ephemeral habitats.\n\nOccurrence:\nOne of the commonest damselflies in most of Northern Europe across to japan, but (largely) absent from most of the south.\n\nHabitat:\nAlmost any standing water with ample reed-like vegetation. May be more numerous at recent shallow or acidic sites, but not specific to pioneer, ephemeral or bog-like conditions.\n\nFlight Season:\nGenerally from mid-May to mid-October, peaking in August. Most emergence tends to be a week later than L. dryas.\n\nThis is a common Species in the Netherlands in the described Habitats.$

Damselfly catch the flies and eat them, hunting is quite unique because the body of flies that tend to be bigger.

An image of a Willow Emerald Damselfly perched on foliage

Common bluetail on a blade of grass. Insect close-up. Ischnura elegans.

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

Multi-colored dragonflies on dry grass by the lake. Selective focus.

Brilliant Emerald Dragonfly perched on a leaf in Woodwalton Fen nature reserve.

18 august 2023, Basse Yutz, Yutz, Thionville Portes de France, Moselle, Lorraine, Grand Est, France. It's summer. Around the body of water in a public park, in the vegetation that borders it, a Green Emerald Damselfly has landed on a reed leaf. It clung to the underside of the leaf. It is a small odonate with a metallic green color.

Dragonfly on green leaf - black background.

$close-up view of a damselfly in natural habitat. sample of macrophotography in free nature. \nDamselflies are flying insects of the suborder Zygoptera in the order Odonata. They are similar to dragonflies but are smaller and have slimmer bodies. Eating other insects.$

Enallagma cyathigerum, common blue dragonfly on a branch in a pond, in Monte Escobedo Zacatecas

A Willow Emerald damselfly resting on a reed with a green bokeh background

An Emerald Damselfly at rest in sunlight

Damselflies are flying insects of the suborder Zygoptera in the order Odonata. They are similar to dragonflies, which constitute the other odonatan suborder, Anisoptera, but are smaller and have slimmer bodies.

An Amber-winged Spreadwing takes a break on a leaf in the Canadian boreal forest.

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