Banded Damoiselle on Teasel Leaf

Female Banded Damoiselle (Calopteryx slendens) on Teasel Leaf by the bank of the River Tas, Caistor St Edmund, Norfolk, England. First light is the best time to photograph these beautiful creatures when they are covered in dew and are too cold to fly. Shortly after this image was taken the temperature rose and this and other Damoiselles took to the wing.
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