Similar to Dragonflies, Damselflies are usually smaller and have slimmer bodies. Most species will fold their wings along the body when at rest, unlike dragonflies which hold the wings flat and away from the body. They have existed since the Jurassic Age.
All damselflies are predatory insects; both nymphs and adults actively hunt and eat other insects.
Tetragnatha Montana is a species of long-jawed orb weaver spiders commonly known as the silver stretch spider. These spiders have a habit of extending their front legs into a stick like shape
Wordless Wednesday.
Now the sun is out Dragonflies and Damselflies are starting to fly.
Four-Spotted Chaser.
Four-Spotted Chaser. This Dragonfly has emerged deformed and missing one wing.
The Chaser below is deformed and missing 1 wing.
Azure Damselfly pair mating.
Hairy Dragonfly.
Banded Demoiselle.
Back home after our campervan trip to Wales and a day in the New Forest. Looking in a wet area for some small creatures.
Water Skimmer.
Raft Spiders.
This one is hunting on a Milkmaid flower.
Distant Fallow Deer – young bucks.
Minotaur Beetle – Typhaeus Typhoeus {size of my thump nail}.
I have to get down low for these creatures.
Sunday morning walk through some of Southampton’s city centre’s open spaces.
Today I got a closer view of a Cuckoo while walking in the New Forest.
Below is a link to the Cuckoo post of the bird I saw last week.
One in-flight – I missed myself photographed by my brother Simon.
Reed Warbler Titchfield Haven.
In summer, the Sedge Warbler a medium-sized warbler can be found in marshes, reedbeds and wetlands. they can be spotted singing from reeds or willow trees often perched high up. It is said that males never sing the same song twice, adding new phrases to impress females.
#Wordless Wednesday
Continued Reflections from my World. 