During my walk in the forest today I spotted quite a lot of damselflies and dragonflies.
I used to think that damselflies and dragonflies were the same species. They do have a lot in common.
They usually have a thin and long body, a double set of wings and quite big round eyes on top of their head.
But there are signs to tell if you're dealing with a damselfly or a dragonfly.
Here is a shot if a damselfly. A large red damselfly to be precise.
Compared to the dragonflies damselflies have quit thin bodies. You and even sometimes see them with their back ends curled up. Damselflies are often a bit smaller then dragonflies.
But the easiest is to look at their wings when they are resting. Damselflies hold their wings alongside their body and dragonflies hold them sideways.
And this is a dragonfly.
As you can see the body of the dragonfly is quite thick. This specific species; the
broad-bodied chaser has quite a short and broad abdomen. And it holds it wings sideways.
The wings of both dragonflies and damselflies are really thin. I really like the structure if you photographed them up close.
Here is another dragonfly I spotted; a downy emerald (Cordulia aenea).
I had never seen this species before, but I think it's a gorgeous one. It metallic green/bronze body is so shiny in the sunlight.
Here is another macro shot from the same dragonfly.
It's a pity I couldn't get around the bush without scaring him (or her) a away. I really would have liked a close up from the head as well. But as I tried to manoeuvre to its front it flew away 😒
So we have to do it with this shot.
I hope you learned the difference between damselflies and dragonflies now (if you didn't know it already).
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