Female red-winged darter dragonfly (Sympetrum fonscolombii) female, clasping spiky stem of Juncus rush, Lesbos (Lesvos), Greece, Europe

Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum) dragonfly adult, covered in dew, at dawn, Elmley Marshes National Nature Reserve, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Common darter dragonfly (sympetrum striolatum) close-up of pair mating, oxfordshire, uk

Common Darter Dragonfly (Sympetrum striolatum) resting on rock by water, Oxfordshire, UK

Common darter dragonfly (sympetrum striolatum) pair mating on grass stem, oxfordshire, uk

Common Darter Dragonfly (Sympetrum striiolatum) close-up of head and thorax from above, Oxfordshire, UK

Common Darter Dragonfly (Sympetrum striolatum) male resting on bullrush, Oxfordshire, UK

Common darter dragonfly (sympetrum striolatum) male at rest on rock, oxfordshire, uk

Common darter dragonfly (sympetrum striolatum) pair mating, oxfordshire, uk

Common Darter Dragonfly (Sympetrum striolatum) resting on bullrush, Oxfordshire, UK

Common darter dragonfly (sympetrum striolatum) close-up of male wing detail, oxfordshire, uk

Common darter dragonfly (sympetrum striolatum) dead adult floating on water, oxfordshire, uk

Common darter dragonfly (sympetrum striolatum) pair mating on thistle plant, oxfordshire, uk

Common darter dragonfly (sympetrum striolatum) male at rest on rock, oxfordshire, uk

Common darter dragonfly (sympetrum striolatum) male at rest on rock, oxfordshire, uk

Red-veined darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii) sitting on halm, Camargue, France, Europe

Red-veined darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii) or nomad, ebro deltre, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

Red-veined darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii) or nomad, ebro deltre, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

Portrait of a Ruddy darter (Sympetrum sanguineum)

Scarlet dragonfly (Crocothemis erythraea) and Damselfly, Emilia-Romagna, Italy