#Common Blue Damselfly

[chronicsheepdrawing]

If my boyfriend were a bug I think he' be a Common Blue Damselfly- and he think I'd be the grub of a Western Hercules Beetle!

Thus, I decided to draw us as them!

#pixel art #animals #arthropods #insects #larvae #grubs #odonata #coleoptera #zygoptera #scarabaeidae #Coenagrionidae #Dynastes #Enallagma #Damselfly #Hercules Beetle #Common Blue Damselfly #Western Hercules Beetle #I put a surprising amount of detail into this

[dinoserious]

day 19 common blue damsel.. bug of all time for sure

#invertober #bug #insect #common blue damselfly #damselfly #oooh the damselfly. gods most perfect little creature

[unkn0wnvariable]

Common Blue Damselfly

A common blue damselfly on a purple toadflax flower, in the garden.

#canon #canonuk #common blue damselfly #damselflies #damselfly #enallagma cyathigerum #fauna #insect #insects #invertebrate #invertebrates #minibeast #minibeasts #nature #outdoors #wildlife

[topios]

A brilliantly common blue damselfly and some mycena interrupta

#invertober2022 #invertober #common blue damselfly #damselfly #mycena interrupta #mushroom art #I hope I got these right but no promises #I am but a small damselfly and mushroom appreciator #art by me

[dansnaturepictures]

28/05/22-Brilliant afternoon at Blashford Lakes

I came here for the first time in a few months today as there were a few birds reported I needed to see this year. I saw one of those early on when scanning over Ibsley water from the tern hide, a pretty female Red-crested Pochard. It was one I was very pleased to see this year and I got some nice views of it hanging about with a group of Coots and Tufted Ducks at times too. I saw this bird some more when ending the visit to Blashford Lakes at the tern hide later on. I took the third picture in this photoset of this bird with Tufted Ducks. Also of interest to me on Ibsley water was Black Swan, Egyptian Geese, Common Terns which I saw flying, diving and still on posts over and on both Ibsley water and Ivy lake today which was spectacular and beautiful to see and a few Great Crested Grebes with two doing little bits of the courtship dance.

When coming out of the hide I looked for a Hobby which my Mum and someone else had seen flying around at the start. I went up the viewing platform up the hill and after a few minutes was delighted when this agile raptor flew over. I then spent a glorious few minutes watching this bird glide high in the sky in my binoculars for a prolonged period. It was such a breathtaking sight seeing this key spring time bird. Blashford Lakes is where we first ever saw one in our early birdwatching days in 2008, and we saw one here again in 2011 but in this real strong few years the last few years that we have seen Hobby regularly year on year and more than once in some years in we hadn’t seen one at Blashford during it and I had a feeling we might this year. It’s a new favourite bird of mine added to that list in January after those strong years and that’s now the 32nd of my 34 favourite birds I have seen this year. As I said the other day the remaining two are ones found in parts of the country we won’t be going this year so it feels fantastic to think I’ve done as well as it was possible to for seeing favourite birds of mine this year a key part of any birdwatching year for me. Near the visitor centre today I saw another raptor on my list of favourite birds a Red Kite flying high.

At the centre in the flower bed I enjoyed photographing some sun-kissed foxgloves and other pink flowers the latter I took the sixth picture in this photoset of. On the way here in the car and later in the visit to Blashford today I saw foxgloves so it was great to see this one of my favourite flowers for the first time this year a flower I have loved for so long I was pleased with the photo I got of it with my macro lens a prominent flower photo I’ve taken so far this year. I always see them as a signpost to summer which felt great to see on such a lovely mostly sunny and warm day. I also enjoyed seeing lots of nice herb-Robert looking especially stunning in the sunlight and nice together as I took and tweeted a photo of, wood avens, red campion, water dropwort I believe, many oxeye daisies including painting the grassland well, nice little forget-me-not, I believe green alkanet, little pink willowherb and stitchwort I believe too and vetch today in the world of flowers. Ragwort looked nice on the journey too.

In a great bit of meadow which I took the seventh picture in this photoset of before reaching ivy north hide where I observed the diving terns I enjoyed a Common Blue butterfly in the lovely long grass, with I believe a Green-veined White seen past the woodland hide. On the way to this hide also I heard and saw a stunning male Blackcap well. From the woodland hide of course I got epic views of a Great Spotted Woodpecker which I took the first picture in this photoset of. I also took the second, fifth, eighth and ninth pictures in this photoset of landscapes here today there were such beautiful views with the gleaming blue water and bright green vegetation, and the fourth picture in this photoset of a beautiful Common Blue damselfly. 

From ivy south hide where I got chatting to a nice gentleman I enjoyed seeing adorable Black-headed Gull chicks on a nesting raft. Some special views of another lovely species I have seen chicks of this spring and lately and I took the tenth picture in this photoset of the adult with one. Then over ivy lake here a Hobby, maybe another maybe the same as before paraded over the water. Wonderful views of this rustic and sophisticated falcon. It has been a big year of falcons for me what with my return to Winchester working more regularly twice a week getting to see the Peregrines and with my first Merlins seen this year the very fact for the first time ever I can now say I have seen four falcons this year and today’s Hobby experience added so well to that. Its been a brilliant year of birds of prey for me already with some incredible species seen.

We ended the visit in the tern hide looking for another major bird reported here lately and thanks to the directions and help of someone else looking we spotted this beautiful distinctive female bird, a Long-tailed Duck. It was a joy and pleasure to watch this surface a few times, a mighty bird for me and one of my best seen this year. This took my year list to milestone 175 for me on my earliest ever date in a year with today being the most ticks I got in a day since we went to Skomer Island the first day of our two trips landing there this year. This capped off an amazing day at Blashford. I always feel good to get here at this time of year as during spring and summer with me only having the weekends and leave to go further afield to watch wildlife we focus on butterflies a lot too and I don’t visit here as much as I do in the winter. But it’s so great here in the spring too with it so full of life today which I really appreciated.

Wildlife Sightings Summary: My first of one of my favourite birds the Hobby this year, my first Red-crested Pochard and Long-tailed Duck of the year, four more of my favourite birds the Great Spotted Woodpecker, Red Kite, Great Crested Grebe and Little Egret, Egyptian Goose, Greylag Goose, two Mute Swans foraging in a lily pond type area which the ninth picture shows, Black Swan, Mallard, lots of Tufted Ducks, Coot, Lapwing, Oystercatcher, Common Tern, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Starling, Pied Wagtail, smashing Bullfinch, Blackcap, Great Tit well, possible Dunnock, Swallow, Woodpigeon, a fair few Jackdaws, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Common Blue butterfly, probable Green-veined White, Common Blue damselfly, a dragonfly I couldn’t quite tell which it flew fast, another dragonfly seen quickly which I believe was one of favourites the Broad-bodied Chaser, spider, possible wasp and Grey Squirrel.

#grey squirrel #great spotted woodpecker #tufted duck #red-crested pochard #long-tailed duck #photography #birdwatching #uk #world #nature #happy #new forest #blashford lakes #hampshire #birds #common blue #butterfly #damselfly #common blue damselfly #common blue butterfly #black swan #mute swan #red kite #birds of prey #bird of prey #pied wagtail #woodpigeon #great tit #young birds #photos

[natural-world]

Common Blue Damselfly

Photo by Mark Gillow (Flickr)

#mark gillow #nature #damselflies #common blue damselfly

[daseinphoto]

Damselfly season has arrived

#lee valley #invertabrates #banded demoiselle #azure damselfly #common blue damselfly

[cinnamon-flame]

This idea came over me two days ago and I just couldn't resist making insect-raptor ocs

#cheers to me making over-complicated oc designs that I'll mess up everytime I draw them #but I loved the idea too much to just let it go #so here they are! #Monarch and Paladin #they are partners by the way #and I'm considering making them spirits of spring #Monarch is based on the monarch butterfly of course #and Paladin is based on the combo of the common green darner and the common blue damselfly #they didn't come out exactly how I imagined them #but they're cute #and I love them #raptor #oc #raptor oc #cinnamon's doodles

[richs-pics]

Common blue damselflies mating

#common blue #damselfly #spring #springtime #mating #insects #nature #nature reserve #rodley nature reserve #pondlife #pond

[thecreatureawaits]

Creature Awaits #244

Each week I plan to feature an amazing creature, admiring God's fantastic artistry. Hopefully it’ll brighten someone’s day to see something new and interesting if they haven’t seen it before. : )

As the Pantone color of the year is "Peach Fuzz", so we'll dive into the second month of this relatively new year by featuring creatures of this cozy, comforting color. : )

(A beautiful capture taken by Jörg Hempel (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE Deed))

The Blue-Tailed Damselfly

A.K.A: The Common Bluetail

Scientific Name: Ischnura elegans

Region: Near still or slow waters throughout Europe and the Middle East

Size: About 1.1"-1.4" (~2.7cm-3.5cm) long with a roughly 1.4" (~3.5cm) wingspan

Interesting Notes: Interestingly, while male adults of this species are primarily blue and black, and female adults are either the same or sport a green or brown thorax, juvenile females of this species can range widely in color. They are generally lighter in tone overall and can range anywhere from violet to green to peach (as pictured.) : )

#creatureawaits #beautiful animals #beautiful insects #elegant animals #interesting animals #Blue-Tailed Damselfly #Common Bluetail #Ischnura elegans #peach animals

[z-nogyrop]

truly cannot overstate how important it is for everyone to do research into local insect species and just try to notice them when you go outside. there are beautiful metallic blue mud dauber wasps where i live and they’re common in the summer but i just never noticed them until this past year. there are so many dragonflies at the local park. in one walk this june i found ebony jewelwing damselflies and an enormous stinkbug and an emerald-coloured tiger beetle and there is honest to god so much beauty in the insect world if you are willing to look for it

#speaky girl #bugs #insects #bugblr #even 'common' insects! #there are these BRIGHT RED flies at the park #there are so many kinds of ants #sweat bees exist and they're metallic green #idk. look at bugs #this has been a psa

[chronicsheepdrawing]

Once again drew me and my boyfriend as funny little bugs.

#animals #invertebrates #arthropods #odonata #coleoptera #zygoptera #scarabaeidae #coenagrionidae #dynastes #enallagma #Dynastes grantii #Enallagma cyathigerum #Western Hercules Beetle #Common Blue Damselfly #insects #I love the fact that we assigned each other bugs okay

[colddragoncreator]

#damselfly #common blue

[unkn0wnvariable]

Common Blue

A common blue damselfly sheltering from the wind and rain amongst the long grass, at Titchmarsh nature reserve.

#canon #canonuk #common blue damselfly #damselflies #damselfly #enallagma cyathigerum #fauna #insect #insects #invertebrate #invertebrates #minibeast #minibeasts #nature #nature reserve #northamptonshire #outdoors #spring #titchmarsh #wildlife #wildlife trust #wildlife trusts

[anenglishwoodcomstuff]

Common Blue Damselfly #insect

Common Blue Damselfly #insect

Enallagma cyathigerum, mating. Provisional identification. Picture taken May 21. #damselfly #damselflies #nature #naturephotography #woods #insects #insect #insectphotography

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#2022 #Common Blue Dameselfly #Damselflies #Damselfly #Insect #May #Nature Insects #Spring

[dansnaturepictures]

20th May 2022: Kingfisher, Swift and more at Lakeside and home 

I liked seeing the moth in the first picture in this photoset before bed last night, and I liked seeing the young Starling in the fourth picture in this photoset in the garden before I went out for my lunch time walk, I am still finding a lot of joy in seeing the young ones visiting the garden and outside. I took the second and third pictures in this photoset of a flower pot with nice little flowers in that have just been added and the high up oxeye daisy out the back. I also enjoyed some gorgeous pink flowering on the bushes in the back garden again today. 

As I luckily had a lot of sunshine on my lunch time walk on a fairly changeable day weather wise I enjoyed going over Lakeside to begin my walk of its perimeter this week. Swifts gliding over the nothern path my first Lakeside Swifts this year just about as they came over into the country park and stunning Common Blue damselflies made great sights early on. I was also delighted to see a cantharis rustica soldier beetle on some vegetation beside the fence of the railway track and on the wire fence a little bit too. A dashing little beetle with a heart shape marking, a species I love seeing in spring after learning them last year. This was my first Lakeside sighting of one this year and the photo I got of it with my macro lens which I tweeted was the first I’d taken at Lakeside where I did see them last year. 

After checking in on the Great Crested Grebes on Concorde lake walking past it I was thrilled to see a Kingfisher zip through the air a couple of times over the lake as a Blackbird did soon after going towards the adjoining Kornwestheim lake. It was thrilling to see as always, my first at Lakeside for a while. I was really hoping for a Kingfisher sighting soon as I mentioned how the last few weeks for birds have been massive and so memorable for me, particularly for seeing favourite birds of mine centring around those seabirds the auks and co. on Skomer Island and the surprise Osprey sighting there bringing together a group of birds that inspired me and captured my attention and lust for birds like no other as I got into birdwatching as a kid and an individual species I quickly felt a real affinity with and love for in my early birdwatching days. And there was another species I really took to and longed to see and got so excited by in those early days, another of the first birds to be one of my favourites and that was the Kingfisher. So I just really wanted one in this run these few weeks of having so many amazing moments with my favourite birds and naturally for the time of year when looking for certain birds and butterflies we haven’t been to many spots lately that you would see a Kingfisher so Lakeside in the week was always a good bet, plus the last couple of years I have seen Kingfishers around this time of the spring here. So it was really good to get it seen. I took the sixth picture in this photoset of one of the Great Crested Grebes with its head on its back. 

I was happy to see loads of Greylag Geese and goslings by the benches and garden by the visitor centre, including some smaller ones so possibly new to me. I liked spending some time trying for photos of a few of the goslings in a lovely few moments. Then the serenity was interrupted as I think another adult Greylag Goose got a bit too close to the small goslings and the adult I assume to be a parent lashed out and there began a scuffle with them pecking each other. There was uproar from the goslings amidst the chaos with them making a lot of noise. A spectacular piece of breeding season drama to witness. I tweeted some photos of the goslings and squabbling adults on my Twitter Dans_Pictures tonight. 

This evening when taking a walk along the northern path on a gorgeously sunny evening I was so pleased to get intimate views of Swallows sailing through the air overhead around one tree. A special few moments with a bird I have had a good year for. Speckled Wood seen here as I did earlier in the day, a lovely view of a Green-veined White, Canada Goose seen well from the path looking down onto Concorde lake with it sat beside the lake and a nice light coloured moth on an oak leave I saw it flying onto it which I took the ninth picture in this photoset of completed the highlights tonight. I saw bees well today on world bee day. A lovely day to appreciate these important insects for us all.

I saw some great flowers and plants today including some scabious in the flower beds by the centre not something I’ve ever seen out this early in a year, broom, yellow iris and buttercups in their respective habitats of the lakeside vegetation and meadows painting the place yellow, possible carrot, lots of different roses a key flower around wild and domestically lately, oxeye daisy, chamomile one I enjoyed seeing, vetch leaves, white clover, plantain in the grass along the northern path possibly narrow-leaf plantain a great sight in the grass, some white flowers as shown in the seventh picture in this photoset, some cowslips still going getting towards the end of their season now, meadow crane’s-bill and cow parsley adoring the flanks of the road on the grass near the road entrance as the eighth picture in this photoset shows. 

I enjoyed some beautiful views at Lakeside again today with everything nice and green, I took the fifth, eighth and tenth pictures in this photoset of views here. There were some nice sky scenes and views of vegetation lit up by the sun tonight. 

Wildlife Sightings Summary: Three of my favourite birds the Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker and Great Crested Grebe, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Moorhen well, Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull well from home two on distant roofs, Black-headed Gull, Magpie, Jackdaw, Starling, House Sparrow well today including on the balcony, Blue Tit well in the garden, Starling, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Swift, Swallow, Green-veined White, Speckled Wood, Common Blue damselfly, bee, cantharis rustica soldier beetle and the moths.

#photography #nature #uk #world #happy #kingfisher #great crested grebe #mallard #moorhen #greylag goose #canada goose #lesser black-backed gull #herring gull #black-headed gull #jackdaw #magpie #house sparrow #moth #moths #common blue damselfly #cantharis rustica soldier beetle #cantharis rustica #swift #swallow #birds #water #water birds #photos #butterflies #speckled wood