These are the first of the Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula I have seen around my garden pond this season.
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May 2018, rear garden pond Staffordshire, England. © Pete Hillman
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Nice! I think the last one is really superb.
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Many thanks, David 🙂 A few of them had been congregating and resting on the vegetation around the pond the last few days.
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At least I can tell the difference between damselflies and dragonflies now — “the eyes have it”!
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And the way they fly. They are quite weak fliers compared to dragonflies.
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Excellent photos Pete! I particularly like the close up.
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Thank you, Belinda 🙂
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They are beauties, Pete! Terrific images.
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Thank you very much, Jane 🙂 They were good to me and remained still 🙂
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I love them… their striking eyes and delicate wings.
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Thank you, Susanne 🙂 They such beautiful and very fine insects.
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Wonderfully sharp captures, Pete! It’s amazing those delicate wings work.
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Thank you, Ellen 🙂 These are one of my favourites of the insect kingdom, and it is quite amazing how those fine wings do their thing.
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I can see why, Pete. They can be quite entertaining with their flight patterns.
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Beautiful damselflies!
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Thank you 🙂
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Fascinating shots….excellent macros, Pete!
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Thank you, Indira 🙂 I love seeing the damselfiles.
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wow! 🙂 Very good shots! Beautiful!
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Thank you, Alexa 🙂
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Awesome macros, Pete!
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Thank you very much, Dina 🙂
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I love these. Hope I get some round my own pond now I’ve cleaned it up.
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I hope you do, too!
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