Walking near a little river in France, there were some dragonflies going perch to perch and sometimes taking few seconds for a pause.
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Dragonfly perching becomes Damselfly
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Thats a nice picture of a wonderful insect! It's a Calopteryx splendens , banded demoiselle in english.
Thank you !
Beautiful photograph, what Gillholm didn't say was that it's actually a damselfly as opposed to a dragonfly.
Thanks Gongster! I fousn this in order to learn how to
"Distinguish Between a Dragonfly and a Damselfly" :
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"Distinguish Between a Dragonfly and a Damselfly" :
How Do You Tell the Difference Between Dragonflies and Damselflies?
Dragonflies and damselflies are both in the Odonata class of insects, predators that help control other biting insects while posing no harm to humans.
Yezdi
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Lovely shot
If you post such photos of unknown critters or plants on iNaturalist, you get an initial ID and follow up confirmation from experts, plus the satisfaction of becoming a citizen scientists helping to inventory life on earth.
Very nice!