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Also saw a male nearby. This is a female.
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Three pairs apparently mating on water lily leaves.
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Blown into my backyard from the reserve up the road in yesterday's high winds maybe.
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I think its a red damselfly but this is a close as it would let me get.
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"There were around 10 in the little pond - males and females although this male was the easiest to photograph (and it seemed wrong photographing the two together ""in the act"")."
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Beautiful dragonfly beside the first creek
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Beautiful dragonfly beside the first creek
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Beautiful dragonfly beside the first creek
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"Female (""androchrome"") red damselfly. In the first photo there appears to be a couple of mites hanging on underneath. The last three photos are of the last abdomen segments from different angles (two different cameras used give slightly different image quality) Scale"
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"Female (""androchrome"") red damselfly. In the first photo there appears to be a couple of mites hanging on underneath. The last three photos are of the last abdomen segments from different angles (two different cameras used give slightly different image quality) Scale"