Emperor dragonfly

The warm sunshine today brought out even more dragonflies. This Emporer ( the UK's largest at nearly 8cm) was on duty on the edge of the woods, flying backwards and forwards many times before taking a rest amongst the nettles.

[Diana]

Beautiful

[Jesika]

Note to self - go to Meadow & investigate the pond!
Lovely to see them again.
j

[Julienne Jones]

@jesika2 the strange thing is I have seen the most dragonflies on the edge of our local wood a long long way from any water!

[Jesika]

@julienne1 Last year I saw 2 oviposit on land - apparantly it's not uncommon. Insects are so very fascinating.
j

[KoalaGardens🐨]

fantastic macro!

[Bep]

Gorgeous close up!

[Sharon Lee]

Fabulous capture

[Kitty Hawke]

Fabulous colours...bet he was difficult to photograph against all that greenness!

[Ethel]

Excellent

[Babs]

What a beauty, I love the lacy wings.

[Sand Lily]

Beautiful shot!

[Rick]

Cool capture.

[Milanie]

Wow - great focus on this beauty.

[Monique]

Beautiful !

[PhylM-S]

Wowwhee! Fantastic... just crazy cool