Dragonflies and Damselflies

[AlanF]

Great shots, @Maximilian - tremendous start to the season!

 

[AlanF]

Female Red-eyed Damselfly (R5ii + RF 100-500mm). Flew onto the shelf of the bird hide!

 

[Maximilian]

Great shots, @Maximilian - tremendous start to the season!

Thanks, Alan.

I suppose, I even saw a new species.
Would be #35 here.
But I couldn‘t even get a try on it, as it was just flying fast pass the reeds.
If I got my sight and numbers right, it must have been a hairy dragonfly (Brachytron pratense).
Would be fantastic if we had this rare one here. But I don‘t have much time throughout the next weeks to prove it.

 

[Maximilian]

Female Large Red Damselfly

You mean large red-eyed damselfly?
A pretty young immarture individual.

 

[AlanF]

You mean large red-eyed damselfly?
A pretty young immarture individual.

Oops - Obsidentify had indeed identified it as that. Corrected

 

[Maximilian]

Oops - Obsidentify had indeed identified it as that. Corrected

It is so damn difficult to ID them when they are immature.
I needed ObsIdentify, too, to be sure