This year Aeshna isoceles has been very abundant in the first half of June at my favorite location Rands Fjord. So I have been very determined to get some good photos of it, resulting in many afternoon drives to Rands Fjord and a lot of time spent waiting with the camera at the lake for […]
Left work early yesterday and drove to a location close to the town of Gammel Rye. I have been fortunate to observe Gomphus vulgatissimus here several years in a row. Last year though, I only spotted one single specimen the entire season due to bad weather. This year the spring has been warmer and more […]
The first weeks of May were very warm and sunny, almost like summer. Optimal conditions for dragonfly hunting, so I was of course out with my camera several times. More species had now emerged at Rands Fjord. I spotted and photographed several Brachytron pratense and Cordulia aenea, and also a few Coenagrion pulchellum. Many of […]
Another warm spring day in Denmark, and another day out hunting dragonflies for me. Visited several local lakes today, hoping to find Pyrrhosoma nymphula and maybe also Cordulia aenea and Brachytron pratense. It is however still early in the season, so I only spotted Pyrrhosoma nymphula and only few specimens, except at my favorite location […]
After a long, wet and very cold April, the dragon fly season of 2016 has finally started. Today I went out to my favorite location at Rands Fjord, hoping to find some newly emerged Pyrrhosoma nymphula. I did not need to search long before I spotted the first few specimens. I even got a couple […]
The dragonfly season of 2015 ended several months ago, and while waiting for the next season to start, I have made a summary of the past season. The Weather Spring and most of the summer was relatively cold and rainy, which resulted in a late season start and a general low abundance of especially some […]
Yesterday late afternoon I drove by my favorite dragonfly location at Rands Fjord. The weather was beautiful and I expected to see species like Aeshna cyanea, Aeshna grandis, Aeshna mixta and different members of the Sympetrum genus, which are all common and typical for this time of year. Trying to photograph a Sympetrum vulgatum perched […]
The males of the two species Lestes dryas and Lestes sponsa look very much alike. Therefore I find it a bit difficult to distinguishing the two in the field, and it is not until I look at the photos I am able to clearly identify the species. So in my hunt for the Lestes dryas […]
Not so long ago, I discovered that there actually is a lake very close to where I live, which is the habitat of the relatively rare species Aeshna viridis. So during the past week I have visited this location almost everyday on my way home from work. The Aeshna viridis is very shy, hard to […]
While hunting for Aeshna viridis at a local lake, I had the opportunity to shoot some photos of the Anax imperator. One of the specimens where missing a wing completely but it did not seem to have much impact on its flying abilities.
