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This 'streamside butterfly' is our most familiar riverine odonate. It is a variable species and numerous forms have been named.

Azure damselfly (Coenagrion puella) male a common flying blue female insect species similar to a dragonfly resting on a leaf, stock photo nature image

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

Insect, Dragonfly, Macrophotography, Close-up, Extreme Close-Up

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

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

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

blue dragonfly is sitting on grass in a meadow. insect dragonfly close up macro

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

Early in the morning, Calopteryx splendens on a blade of grass dries its wings from dew under the first rays of the sun before flight

Male banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) resting on leaf.

a blue feather dragonfly sits on a yellow flower in summer. The insect turns its head slightly to the side. The background is green. There is space for text

Beautiful coloful dragonfly sitting on a flower

Neon blue Dragonfly closeup macro photograph

$Beautiful red dragonfly on a stem.\nClose-up of a red colored male ruddy darter (Sympetrum sanguineum) hanging on vegetation. Resting in sunlight in a meadow.$

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

Yellow winged Darter Dragonfly perched on a grass flower in Woodwalton Fen nature reserve.

the beautiful dragonfly on a meadow closeup

Blue damselfly portrait shot from the side with shiny eyes with reflection on them and clear spiky hair with a beautiful green background

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