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A closeup macro photo of a dragonfly that looks as if it is smiling for the camera
Picture: SHIKHEI GOH/CATERS NEWS
A dragonfly being attacked by 2 ants on a stem of grass in Rembiga, Mataram, Indonesia.
Picture: Adhi Prayoga/Solent News
A detailed photo of an Anax imperator, dragonflyPicture: Dusan Beno/Solent News
“The best enemies”
Machézal, Loire, France
Photo by Cyril Verron
Three tiny ants carry a dragonfly after it fell out of a spider’s web. The tiny trio hold the much larger insect upright while balancing on a very narrow twig. Photographer Adhi Prayoga spotted the action on a tree close to his home on the island of Lombok, Indonesia.Picture: Adhi Prayoga/Solent News & Photo
Resting from a Long Flight by tessblack on Flickr.
In the temperate zone, most dragonflies have transparent wings but this Amazonian species has iridescent wings that glow in the afternoon sunPhotograph: Kelly Swing/Estacion Tiputini Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales/Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Yasuni’s most unusual species - in pictures
dragonflies mating by alexrandom on Flickr.
Dragonflies
British insect photo gallery by Matt Cole
A dragonfly rests on a turtle in a lake in the outskirts of Cali, Colombia
Photograph: Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images
(Source: Guardian)
Sawgrass Dragon - Big Cypress National Preserve by Mac Stone
(Source: headlikeanorange, via thewildlifekingdom)
SPLASHING
Photo and caption by shikhei goh
