Whilst on a dragonspotting walk we met someone who insisted they'd just seen a dragon.
We hotfooted to it
But..
This is a Damselfly. 😂🤗
It does look kind of dragony though. 😁
Mathilde thinks is everso funny that we hurried to see an insect.
#dragonsofshropshire #shropshire #damselflyphotography
an iridescent blue dragonfly with a green thorax, taking off from a flower
Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) male taking off from a Hemlock Water Dropwort flower growing beside the Newton Brook, near #Bath #Somerset #UK
#nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #insect #dragonfly #damselfly #damselflyphotography #ukwildlife #bathnature
A mating pair of River Jewelwing damselflies, Calopteryx aequabilis on Cox Creek, Albany, Oregon, USA.
A mating pair of #RiverJewelwing #damselflies,
#Calopteryx-aequabilis on Cox Creek, Albany, Oregon, USA.
#Odonata #Insect #DamselflyPhotography #MacroPhotography #SteveValleyPhotography #Zygoptera #Science #Photography #SciArt #NikonD700 #Entomology #MatingWheel
A female American Rubyspot damselfly, Hetaerina americana on Cox Creek, Albany, Oregon, USA.
A female #AmericanRubyspot #damselfly, #Hetaerina-americana on Cox Creek, Albany, Oregon, USA.
#Odonata #Insect #DamselflyPhotography #ExtremeMacroPhotography #SteveValleyPhotography #ZereneStacker #Science #photography #SciArt #NikonD810 #Entomology #FocusStack #MitutoyoM-PlanAPO-5xObjective
A female American Rubyspot damselfly, Hetaerina americana on Cox Creek, Albany, Oregon, USA. Nikon D700 w/200mm Micro-Nikkor.
A female #AmericanRubyspot #damselfly, #Hetaerina-americana on Cox Creek, Albany, Oregon, USA.
#Odonata #Insect #DamselflyPhotography #MacroPhotography #SteveValleyPhotography #WesternOdonata #Science #photography #SciArt #NikonD700 #Entomology
A male American Rubyspot damselfly, Hetaerina americana on Cox Creek, Albany, Oregon, USA
A male #AmericanRubyspot #damselfly, #Hetaerina-americana on Cox Creek, Albany, Oregon, USA.
#Odonata #Insect #DamselflyPhotography #ExtremeMacroPhotography #SteveValleyPhotography #WesternOdonata #Science #photography #SciArt #NikonD810 #Entomology #FocusStack #MitutoyoM-PlanAPO-5xObjective
A male
#AmericanRubyspot #damselfly, #Hetaerina-americana on Cox Creek, Albany, Oregon, USA.
#Odonata #Insect #DamselflyPhotography #MacroPhotography #SteveValleyPhotography #WesternOdonata #Science #photography #SciArt #NikonD700 #Entomology
