Sunday 14 July 2013

Beautful Demoiselle

I have been looking for the Beautiful Demoiselle Damselfly around our local river in Tregeseal for two years,what used to be a common species seemed to have disappeared. Last year, the weather was so poor, with flooding scouring the river bed ,and low temperatures I had my doubts whether I would see them again locally. However yesterday I noticed a male guarding territory, so I entered the river to photograph it, a female arrived on the scene and they immediately went into their mating ritual .

Male

 The mating wheel, Known as in tandem

 The female egg laying (ovipositing)

3 comments:

  1. Hi Sam.
    We noticed wet summers make a lot of difference,numbers seem to drop off.
    Well impressed with your set,spot on.
    John.

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  2. Nice classy shots Sam, and the previous post as well.

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  3. Great set of photos Sam.Lovely detail.

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