Vivid Dancer damselflies (Argia vivida) often find mates twice a day—once in the morning, when males dart from sunny perches to court females, and again in the afternoon, when they wait near water for females finishing earlier matings.

Took a break from breaking my brain with stats to photograph some insects by the canal.

A black tail skimmer #Dragonfly and a mating pair of common blue #Damselflies

Damselflies mating by the pond at Iwetemlaykin

We have SO MANY Ebony Jewelwing Damselflies right now. They spend hours landing on rocks in the brook, then come up to the yard to spend hours on the ferns.

The males have that telltale metallic blue body, but for my money, the female’s root beer colored, lacy wings with white spots are the show stealers.

Rebecca's Sprite (Archibasis rebeccae) spotted in the Central Catchment Nature Reserve, Singapore on 16 June 2025. Spotted it fluttering in foliage at the side of the trail, and I had a lot of trouble getting into positions to get shots. After posting it on iNaturalist, it was IDed as Rebecca's Sprite, a rare and endangered species. So, good that I decided to get shots. :-)

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/291403238 ].

A Clearwing Gem (Libellago hyalina) spotted at Upper Seletar Reservoir Park, Singapore on 29 Jan 2025. It was perched above head level in the shade, so fortunate to see this seldom seen damselfly.

Gems are a family of local damselflies, some with brightly coloured bodies, with wings that are longer than its stout abdomen.

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/259940802 ].

Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans)

A male Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopterix virgo). At 45mm long, this is (along with the Banded Demoiselle) one of the UK’s two largest Damselfly species, and with its metallic body colour it is also a striking one that lives up to its name. Photographed at Upton Warren in Worcestershire in May.

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Another of the amazing damselfly shots at the local pond.
I went again yesterday but they've all vanished, the small window for breeding came and went

I wasn't sure what I was watching here and with help from the Carolina Wildlife Identification and Appreciation Forum I learned that these are damselflies (Orange Bluet) egg-laying after mating.

Stunning damselflies at the local pond
It's clearly that busy time of year for them

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