After all these weeks, I did finally get out there and I have had a great field day... with dragonflies!
And damselflies and a few other insects too.
There's so much to put down in writing and so many photos to share and talk about but it can't all happen at once. So I'll have to start from the beginning and one at a time...
When I got to the first pond for the day, there were lots of dragonflies buzzing around over the water and as many dragonflies were perched on the grasses at the edge of the pond. What a sight!
How I have missed them!
A lot of these dragonflies were of the Neurothemis spp, both N. fluctuans and N. fulvia, and they were most easily spotted due to their coloured wings. And there were plenty of them! There were also quite a number of red dragonflies around and a few of the other species too.
And it was both amusing and fascinating to watch the males of these species face off on their territorial fights.
It was a hot day and perhaps a bit too bright for photography. Nevertheless, these are some of the pics I took today...
Neurothemis fulvia
Neurothemis fluctuans
Crocothemis servilia
Brachydiplax chalybea
Rhyothemis phyllis
Urothemis signata
And I would have to wait till another day and time to tell the next part of the story...
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