Orange Bluets

[centuryplant]

Most Bluet damselflies are blue and black and hard to tell apart -- in some cases it takes a microscope. Orange Bluets start out with the same color scheme, but turn a beautiful bright orange at maturity. Females sometimes remain blue, but more often become green or yellow; the one in this mating wheel is in mid-transition.

Comments

[graydon]

The second one is a stunning example of precise focus.

(And a very pretty dragonfly, but gracious, the precision of the focus line!)

[holyschist]

I have only seen this species once, and managed to take one lousy photo. These are beautiful and tack-sharp!