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I found it in the pond. It was hard to look very small. Fortunately, while I'm taking it, it did not run away.

Extreme closeup of a blue damselfly in the wild

$One of the most familiar, widespread and abundant Damselflies in Europe, well known from eutrophic habitats and garden ponds.\nField characters: Total 30-34mm, Abdomen 22-29mm, Hindwing14-21mm.\nHabitat: Abundant at running and especially standing waters; tolerant of some salinity but avoids acid habitats such as Spagnum bogs.\nFlight Season: Late April to Late September in Central and North Europe, normally with only one Generation.\nDistribution: Throughout Europe (Ireland to Japan).\n\nThis is a Common Species in the Netherlands in the described Habitats.$

$Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura pumilio) adult male resting on stem\n\nEccles-on-Sea, Norfolk, UK. July$

Tiny dragonfly (Zygoptera) perched on a reed by the water

Wild plants against a green background and a male common blue damsel fly flying around it.

$Tot 39-48mm, Ab 29-39mm, Hw 23-28mm.\nLestes viridis is easily noted for its vivid green color, pale appendices, large size and its habit of hiding in trees and bushes. It is the only European Species that lay eggs in living wood.\nOccurrence:\nWidespread and common in most of Europe; inexplicably absent until recently from Great Britain (where suitable habitat abounds). Benefits from urbanization, favoring garden and park ponds, and possibly expending northwards.\nHabitat: \nAlmost any type of standing or slow flowing water with bordering trees and bushes. Unlike other Lestes, does not favors ephemeral conditions (e.g. shallows, drying-out pans).\nFlight Season:\nThe latest Lestes; in central Europe seldom emerges before mid-July, but already in early May in Iberia. Abundant in august and September, persisting into November.\n\nThis is probably the most Common Lestes in the Netherlands.$

Blue damselfly (Ischnura elegans) take the prey.

Libellula Codazzurra comune in acqua, in parte damigella

Tiny damsel (Zygoptera) perched on a eucalyptus leaf

Ischnura senegalensis bright blue and green electric color dragonfly lands on this stem at the water's edge while flying around the area, it's wings tight together in this macro photography close-up in nature.

$Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura pumilio) adult freshly emerged female resting on stem\n\nEccles-on-Sea, Norfolk, UK. July$

Different insect´s at day and night. Especially, Tarantula comprise a group of large and often hairy spiders. They are hunting prey primarily in trees.

A selective focus macro view of an Azure Damselflies on a blade of grass

Slender Ringtail Damselfly (Austrolestes analis)

Ischnura elegans Blue-Tailed Damselfly Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

$Tot 30-36mm, Ab. 25-30mm, Hw 19-24mm.\nA robust, dark, ‘blue-tailed damselfly’, usually found sitting away from the shore on floating vegetation, particularly water-lilies.\nWidespread over much of Europe except the far S and N, with a more northerly distribution than similar Small Redeye.\nBehaviour: Flies earlier in the season than Small Redeye, peaking about a month earlier, and usually keeps abdomen straight. In fine weather, males patrol low over water or sit on floating leaves, where they fight for strategic positions near open areas. They quickly move to nearby vegetation when the sun goes in, often\nlanding in trees. Eggs are laid, while in tandem, into stems and leaves of floating and sometimes emergent plants. Egg-laying often underwater, still in tandem.\nBreeding habitat: Closely associated with floating leaves, typically water-lilies, but also pondweeds and other floating vegetation.\nFavored sites include larger ponds, lakes and flooded mineral workings, canals, large drains and slow-flowing rivers, with floating leaves of water lilies or pondweeds.\nFlight Season: From April to August, with a peak in June.\nDistribution: M. Europe, except the Mediterranean and the far North.\n\nThis is a quite common Species in the Netherlands for the described Habitats.$

damsel-fly on the grass in the natural state, close up of pictures, Luannan County, Hebei Province, China.

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