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Male Banded Demoiselle resting in sunlight on wildflower

A young mayfly hangs on a long green stem. The background is green with room for text.

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

The icicles covered close up portrait of the dragonfly after the autumn night-frost. Kuresoo bog, Soomaa National park, Estonia

Tiny damsel (Zygoptera) perched on a eucalyptus leaf

Close up dragonfly standing in the grass

A Banded Demoiselle poised on dead grass head in sunlight

Dragonfly sitting on a dry plant in the meadow in summer

a dragonfly of the genus Demoiselle (Calopteryx) sits on a damp blade of grass in nature, against a green background

Close shot of a Libellula quadrimaculata, known in Europe as the four-spotted chaser.

Closeup of an wild dragonfly at dawn in a wild flower.

dragonfly flying among the wetland branches

Red dragonfly with background of green leaves

Ichneumon extensorius sitting on a Allium Sphaerocephalon, read headed garlic

A Hine's Emerald Dragonfly hanging from a branch in Door County, Wisconsin.

The Four-spotted chaser is easily recognised by the two dark spots on the leading edge of each wing - giving this species its name. It can be seen on heathlands and near ponds and lakes.

Blue dragonfly, Arboretum, Canet-en-Roussillon (Pyrénées Orientales)

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

This insect with the scientific name Lertha Extensa lives only in the southeast of Turkey, in certain parts of Iran, Iraq and Armenia. It is an endemic species.

Dragonfly and unique Plants are found on the banks of small rivers flowing behind my house, sometimes when the dragonflies perch appear to be ordinary, but when immortalized will look the real beauty. Beautiful, elegant and extraordinary

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

A remarkable close-up shot of a common darter dragonfly perching on dry grass and facing the camera.

$Tot 39-48mm, Ab. 22-31mm, Hw 32-38mm.\nGeneral: A large, pale blue male of this species, aggressively defending a garden pond or small natural pool, is a familiar sight in much of our area.\nThe abdomen shape and four large black areas at the wing bases instantly distinguish this species.\nHabitat: A wide range of mostly stagnant waters, especially favouring those that are small, shallow, sunny and bare, such as cattle drinking pools or quarry lakes.\nFlight Season: From late April to mid September, most abundant in May and June.\nDistribution: Among the commonest species in much of Europe, extended to central Asia. A strong flier that is often the first species to claim newly created or cleared habitats.\n\nThis is a quite common Species in the Netherlands in the described Habitats.$

The Zygoptera are the damselflies, which although less known than the dragonflies, are no less common. More than 1,300 species are in this family, making it the largest damselfly family.

It is a dragonfly of considerable size, the male has a bright green thorax and a light blue abdomen.

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