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Macro portrait of the Fly with on the weathered wooden board

crimson marsh glider dragonfly is resting on a wood stick

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

A blue damselfly sits on a blade of grass in Bavaria. Green grasses in the background. The sun is shining from the side. There is space for text.

Male Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) sitting on the upper leaves of a green plant - Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Yellow dragonfly sitting on a violet lavendar flower. Latin name: Pantala flavescens Fabricius

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