r/dragonfly

Taken in Clovis, California

it is really meaningful to have a tattoo dedicated to my birthplace, i remember always being amazed when i saw one it's a core memory

Took this at Papandapas pond in Virginia.

I loved the reflection of sunlight on the wings

Rambur's forktail / Ischnura ramburii is a damselfly belonging to the narrow-winged damselfly family (Coenagrionidae), They live amongst the vegetation on the banks, such as grasses and reeds, and can be found in a wide variety of lowland habitats: lakes, ponds, marshes, canals and even brackish waters.

Found this Flame Skimmer stuck upside down on the sidewalk and gave him a lift.

These dragonflies are characterised by their yellowish-green bodies with black markings and bluish eyes.

This is a large dragonfly, I captured this dragonfly with my cell phone and I used a macro lens, when I took a photo I had to be very careful because it flies very easily, and I only got one photo

Credit photo / Central Aceh Regency,Aceh, Indonesia

Genus Onychargia in Sreekola, Bangladesh

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I have this water feature that came with the house I live in, its pretty gunky and I've been thinking of fixing it up. Then I had the idea of potentially making it a sustainable habit for dragonfly? However I'm pretty clueless...

Would I want to remove everything and start fresh? Should I leave the existing substrate and just add some more sand / rocks to create levels?

Im in canada btw.. so this does tend to freeze in winter (not solid tho) and all the existing plants in the surrounding garden do come back yearly.

This big-eyed 'dragonfly' showed up at my place in Wisconsin, on the Mississippi River. I'm really sorry for the cruddy quality of all the pics.

There was negligible color to the wings, the body was dark, blackish.

This dragonfly looks very big and I found it behind my own house, this dragonfly is different from other dragonflies, because this dragonfly looks a little bigger than the needle dragonfly.

Anisoptera (perching dragonfly) This is a dragonfly of the genus Diplacodes, probably a female or a young male of the species Diplacodes trivialis

They are known as "perching dragonflies", a name that refers to their habit of perching and remaining still in certain places