Endlich Sonnenschein! Das Männchen der Großen Heidelibelle wacht über sein kleines Reich über dem Regenrückhaltebecken. Auch dieser Prachtkerl ist rot, aber weit weniger als seine entfernten blutroten Verwandten.
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"Ich schaue in die Welt." Ein frisch geschlüpftes Männchen der Großen Heidelibelle schaut sich aus der Deckung des hohen Grases heraus um. Damit beginnt der letzte Abschnitt ihres Lebens als großes Fluginsekt. Die Zeit seit dem Sommer hat sie als Unterwasser-Räuber in einem Regenrückhaltebecken im Wald verbracht.
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Is there an English word for a small group/number of dragonflies? Today saw four common darters having a sitdown, widely spaced on the same wooden garden bench in afternoon sun.
It wasn't a party. And certainly not a swarm.
Maybe it's local gang members being carefully respectful of each other's space.
But it's still the first time I've seen more than one dragonfly settle down in one place in our garden.
#CommonDarter #dragonfly
300 million years of evolution sat beside me on a log by the pond today eating his lunch.
300 million years.
And all he needs is clean #air and #water.
300 million years.
What a privilege to be in his company.
#dragonfly #commondarter
#beesanctuaryireland #nature
#evolution
Dragonfly identification is not my strongpoint. I believe this is a mature female Common Darter, photographed near the River Trent, Staffordshire. Please feel free to correct me if I got this wrong
#Nature #NaturePhotography #RSPB #Dragonfly #BTO #CommonDarter
A male Common Darter (Sympetrum Striolatum) in flight.
#odonata #dragonfly #CommonDarter #SympetrumStriolatum #ForestFarm #Cardiff #nature #wildlife #CanonR5
A pair of Common Darter dragonflies mated and laid eggs in my back garden pond yesterday. this is the second summer that I've had a pond and the second year that Common Darters have visited. #CommonDarter #dragonfly #Galway #Ireland #nature #biodiversity #GardenPond #wildlife
When there’s not much sun, you don’t get to choose who you sunbathe with…
#CommonDarter #dragonfly with #Peacock #butterfly and #GreenBottle #fly on the reserve at #WWTCastleEspie.
#nature #NaturePhotography #wildlife #invertebrate #insect #InsectPhotography #insects #odonata #lepidoptera #CountyDown #NorthernIreland @savebutterflies
A male #CommonDarter #dragonfly on one of the ponds at #WWTCastleEspie this morning.
It was a small pond and at least five darters were trying to claim it as their own. It was quite the #AirDisplay!
