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  1. Stoked to see this journal cover of PNAS with one of my photos: a mating pair of Swamp Bluet (Africallagma glaucum) from Harold Porter Botanical Garden in the Western Cape Province of South Africa, photographed in 2011.

    #Odonata #odonataoftheworld #damselflies #EvolutionaryBiology #naturephotography #pnas

  2. Time for some more #Dragonfly action. Last weekend was a bit of a washout but earlier I got to my favourite #Wiltshire #WildlifeTrust nature reserve, #Ravensroost Wood. A Four-spotted Chaser, one of several fighting over possession of the meadow pond. #UKWildlife #invertebrates #photography #insects #odonata

  3. Time for some #dragonfly action. I saw a couple of mature male Black-tailed Skimmers last weekend but they refused to pose for a phot so this immature one without the blue colour will have to do. At the #Wiltshire #WildlifeTrust reserve #LowerMoorFarm. #ukwildlife #photography #insects #odonata

  4. One-quarter of freshwater fauna threatened with extinction

    "Prevalent threats include pollution, dams and water extraction, agriculture and invasive species, with overharvesting also driving extinctions."
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    Sayer, C.A., Fernando, E., Jimenez, R.R. et al. One-quarter of freshwater fauna threatened with extinction. Nature (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-083
    #water #extractivism #pollution #extinction #wetland #rivers #governance #GBF #conservation #Biodiversity #wildlife #dragonflies #odonata #insects #LoggingImpacts #agriculture #aquaculture #degradation #herbicides #pesticides #BellingenLogging #NSWLogging

  5. Blue-tailed Damselfly, Ischnura elegans with prey Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/4.5 1/80 iso: 800 Prague, Czech Republic 5/21/2010 #Coenagrionidae #Coenagrion #Damselflies #Deagonflies #Odonata #Insects #invertebrates #macro #Wetlands

  6. Common Blue Damselfly, Enallagma cyathigerum Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/2.8 1/200 iso:200 Prague, Czech Republic 5/30/2008 #Coenagrion, #Damselflies #Dragonflies #odonata #insects #invertebrates #macro #Wetlands

  7. Large Red Damselfly, Pyrrhosoma nymphula Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/2.8 1/ 500 iso: 00 Prague, Czech Republic 6/30/2008 #Damselflies #dragonflies #Pyrrhosoma #odonata #Insects #invertebrates #macro #Wetlands

  8. 2 photos of the mass Chaser roost at Ham Wall on Sunday. 16 Four-spotted Chasers in the first, and three Four-spots and a random Scarce Chaser in the second. They will only gather like this for a short while, so this spectacle is time-limited.
    #BritishInsects #dragonfly #FourSpottedChaser #ScarceChaser #odonata #nature #wildlife #CanonR5

  9. Male Broad-bodied Chaser, Libellula depressa Canon 400D EF EF 75-300 4-5.6 f/10 1/160 iso 200 Prague, CZE June 5, 2008 (very rare use of a long lens, but found it awful)
    #dragonflies #odonata #insects #insectphotography #macro #macro_world #macrophotogrpahy #macro_kings #insects #insectphotography #Canon #canonphotography #top_macro #macromood #macronature