He’s a dashing sight, a male Blue Dasher, a type of common dragonfly. But yesterday at my friend Dennis’ house, there were an awful lot of males dashing around and I didn’t see a single female Blue Dasher, which have red eyes and a black and yellow body so they are quite different from the males and would have been easy to spot. These dragonflies seemed as difficult to photograph sitting still as flitting about because they didn’t stay put long enough on the lily pond which was full of lily pads and lotus blossoms. They darted about in search of those elusive females only alighting for what seemed like nanoseconds. The harsh afternoon sun didn’t help the situation either and it caused bright spots on the lily pads that made it challenging to find a solid area of green without distracting reflections. I packed it up pretty quickly.
Nice background!