This Sympetrum fonscolombii (?) dragonfly seems to pose for this photo on a barbed wire imitating one of its spikes.
Early October, Province of Alicante-Spain. iPhone 13 mini + homemade macro lens.
Esta libélula parece posar para la foto sobre un alambre de espino imitando uno de sus pinchos.
Diese Libelle scheint für dieses Foto auf einem Stacheldraht zu posieren, der einen ihrer Stacheln imitiert.
Seeing a lot more #dragonflies stopping in the garden around the house these days. Best I can determine this one is a Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) a member of the Skimmer family.
This summer’s dragonflies are really showing their age by now 👵
This female vagrant darter (Sympetrum vulgatum) has taken on a much darker brown colouration, replacing her younger yellows, while her male counterparts are firebrick red – if only I could persuade one to pose for me 🤷♂️
I also saw this dragonfly (most likely a keeled skimmer / Orthetrum coerulescens). I'm really happy with the image quality, given that the #Fujinon#XF150to600 lens I used is not a macro lens.
Turns out that I had an even better shot of that vagrant darter dragonfly in the garden today, with its face in focus & the lens flare sunbeam more squarely anointing it as the chosen one 🤷♂️
Bit surprised to see, well, hear this blue emperor dragonfly (Anax imperator) clattering around in our unfortunate car port glass roof trap today – normally they’re only around earlier in the season 🧐
Anyway, managed to catch it the filthy (sorry) glass I keep outside for this purpose & take a quick phone picture – now it’s freely patrolling the neighbourhood again 🙂👍