Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula mating

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There is still a lot of activity around the garden pond, as can be seen in the above image.

Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) mating, rear garden pond, Staffordshire, England. June 2017.

06/17 by Peter Hillman Categories: Animals, Animals (Invertebrates), Dragonflies, Garden, Garden Pond, Insects, Macro Photography, Nature Photography, Photography, Wildlife PhotographyTags: Damselflies, Dragonflies, Garden, Garden Pond, Insects, Large Red Damselfly, Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula, Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula mating, Macro, Macro Photography, Nature, Nature Photography, Odonata, Photography, Pyrrhosoma nymphula, Wildlife Photography 14 Comments

From the female I observed last June laying eggs in my garden pond, to the hatched larvae which lived beneath the still water, to their emergence in spring as adults, and now they have gone a full cycle. Here we have a mating pair of the Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula), ensuring the perpetuation of the species.