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Large Red Damselfly - male (5:1) frontal, Heesch, Netherlands Part of this series posted earlier:<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/93550/large_red_damselfly_-_male_2.51_heesch_netherlands.html" title="Large Red Damselfly - male (2.5:1), Heesch, Netherlands"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/93550_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1594857610&Signature=IP%2FDlR8DK4WIdWRQ%2FNU80SoQcck%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Large Red Damselfly - male (2.5:1), Heesch, Netherlands https://www.jungledragon.com/image/93551/large_red_damselfly_-_male_51_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> Henriette found this struggling damselfly on the doorstep of our garden, saving it from being squashed as we regularly pass through there. It looked bodily intact yet barely moving and very sandy. It made no attempt to flee or escape. I already had it in a tube as a stacking subject, when I changed my mind and gave it a second chance. It put it in a sunny place and gave it drips of water. I waited for 4 hours yet it stayed in its miserable state. It wasn&#039;t going to make it. I found 4 more of the same species in the garden, all healthy.<br /> <br /> As a side note: it concerns me to find insects that are bodily intact yet dying. It has me thinking they may have a neurological problem. Read: they are poisoned. I live in an area with intense agriculture and it is known that some pesticides are designed to attach to receptors in the insect&#039;s brain, poisoning them very slowly. I don&#039;t have the skill or evidence to suggest that this is what happened, it&#039;s just something on my mind.<br /> <br /> This looks to be the male of the species. Both shots are side views at 2.5 and 5 x macro, respectively, lit by a single flash with a big diffuser. Extreme Macro,Large Red Damselfly,Pyrrhosoma nymphula" /></a></figure><br /> I initially kept this image behind as it had a lot of issues. For example, lots of sand on the subject, poor lighting, etc. I&#039;ve now tried to correct those in post. Extreme Macro,Large Red Damselfly,Pyrrhosoma nymphula Click/tap to enlarge

Large Red Damselfly - male (5:1) frontal, Heesch, Netherlands

Part of this series posted earlier:

Large Red Damselfly - male (2.5:1), Heesch, Netherlands https://www.jungledragon.com/image/93551/large_red_damselfly_-_male_51_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> Henriette found this struggling damselfly on the doorstep of our garden, saving it from being squashed as we regularly pass through there. It looked bodily intact yet barely moving and very sandy. It made no attempt to flee or escape. I already had it in a tube as a stacking subject, when I changed my mind and gave it a second chance. It put it in a sunny place and gave it drips of water. I waited for 4 hours yet it stayed in its miserable state. It wasn't going to make it. I found 4 more of the same species in the garden, all healthy.<br /> <br /> As a side note: it concerns me to find insects that are bodily intact yet dying. It has me thinking they may have a neurological problem. Read: they are poisoned. I live in an area with intense agriculture and it is known that some pesticides are designed to attach to receptors in the insect's brain, poisoning them very slowly. I don't have the skill or evidence to suggest that this is what happened, it's just something on my mind.<br /> <br /> This looks to be the male of the species. Both shots are side views at 2.5 and 5 x macro, respectively, lit by a single flash with a big diffuser. Extreme Macro,Large Red Damselfly,Pyrrhosoma nymphula

I initially kept this image behind as it had a lot of issues. For example, lots of sand on the subject, poor lighting, etc. I've now tried to correct those in post.

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The Large Red Damselfly

The Large Red Damselfly ''Pyrrhosoma nymphula'' is a European damselfly. It is one of the first damselflies to emerge in the year.

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Similar species: Dragonflies And Damselflies
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded May 20, 2020. Captured Apr 22, 2020 22:22.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/1.2
  • 1/400s
  • ISO64
  • 50mm

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