Art in Nature 463.

European Bee-eater feeding on a Lesser Emperor Dragonfly. Photographed in Malta. Quick meal for the birdFor the insect, short life endsThe cycle of life. Haiku 415.

Art in Nature 394.

Violet dropwing. Photographed in Malta. Complex Geometry Morphological wonderSupreme predator. Haiku 347.

Insects Photo Click 47: Blue Hawker.

Aeshna cyanea The Blue Hawker is one of the most common and most widespread dragonflies in Europe. It is distributed in the West Palearctic and covers a large part of Europe up to Scotland and southern Scandinavia in the North, down south to parts of Italy and the northern Balkans, west up to Ireland and...

Art in Nature 330.

Violet Dropwing. Photographed in Malta. On a sunny dayFreely flying dragonfly Perches on dry stalk. Haiku 283.

Insects Photo Click 23: Keeled Skimmer.

Orthetrum coerulescens Male. The Keeled Skimmer is a common dragonfly distributed over central and southern Europe, parts of Northern Europe where it is local, North Africa, Turkey, the Middle East, including Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan and marginally entering Russia. Compared to other dragonflies it gives the impression that it has a weak flight, however, it...

Insects Photo Click 44: Violet Dropwing (2).

Trithemis annulata. The Violet Dropwing is a species of dragonfly distributed in most of the African continent, the Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula and southern Europe. They are called dropwings because of their diagnostic behavior of lowering their wings immediately after landing on a perch. They are a very adaptable species and can tolerate a...