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$Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans) close-up of adult with fly prey\n\nEccles-on-sea, Norfolk, UK. September$

A small blue dragonfly has become entangled in a spider's web. The dragonfly is hanging in the web with its body bent and is unable to free itself. Green lights in the background.

$close-up view of a damselfly in natural habitat. sample of macrophotography in free nature. \nDamselflies are flying insects of the suborder Zygoptera in the order Odonata. They are similar to dragonflies but are smaller and have slimmer bodies. Eating other insects.$

A damselfly hanging on a blade of grass against a green background

Dragonfly eating insect - animal behavior.

needle dragonfly ischnura, children really like to catch this to play

$The pale blue males, showing off their white legs to each other, are a familiar sight along rivers and calm streams in large parts of Europe. \nField characteristics: Tot 35-37mm, Ab 27-31mm, Hw 19-23mm.\nDistribution: occurs in a great part of Europe, but are absent in northern England, Ireland and northern Scandinavia.\nHabitat: Characteristic of floodplains, dominant on oxbows, rivers and open stretches of streams. Also lakes and a wide range of man-made habitats.\nFlight Season: From the start of May to the end of September.\n\n\nThis Picture is made during a Vacation in Bulgaria in May 2018.$

Damselfly catch the flies and eat them, hunting is quite unique because the body of flies that tend to be bigger.

Close up of a small blue dragonfly hanging on a plant and devouring a captured small animal

Damselflies are insects of the suborder Zygoptera in the order Odonata.

A zigoptera damselfish in its characteristic position on a stalk near a stream in Bali, Indonesia.

Blue-Tailed damselfly (Ischnura elegans) - adult photographed in May.

$Tot 30-36mm, Ab. 25-30mm, Hw 19-24mm.\nA robust, dark, ‘blue-tailed damselfly’, usually found sitting away from the shore on floating vegetation, particularly water-lilies.\nWidespread over much of Europe except the far S and N, with a more northerly distribution than similar Small Redeye.\nBehaviour: Flies earlier in the season than Small Redeye, peaking about a month earlier, and usually keeps abdomen straight. In fine weather, males patrol low over water or sit on floating leaves, where they fight for strategic positions near open areas. They quickly move to nearby vegetation when the sun goes in, often\nlanding in trees. Eggs are laid, while in tandem, into stems and leaves of floating and sometimes emergent plants. Egg-laying often underwater, still in tandem.\nBreeding habitat: Closely associated with floating leaves, typically water-lilies, but also pondweeds and other floating vegetation.\nFavored sites include larger ponds, lakes and flooded mineral workings, canals, large drains and slow-flowing rivers, with floating leaves of water lilies or pondweeds.\nFlight Season: From April to August, with a peak in June.\nDistribution: M. Europe, except the Mediterranean and the far North.\n\nThis is a quite common Species in the Netherlands for the described Habitats.$

The blue damselfly is a dragonfly with a thin and elongated abdomen. The males of this species show a curious widening in the second abdominal segment.

Dragonfly on green leaf - black background.

A Banded Demoiselle poised on dead grass head in sunlight

A closeup shot of a small dragonfly sitting on a plant

Close up dragonfly standing in the grass

The blue-tailed damselfly or common bluetail (Ischnura elegans) holding on to blades of grass. Macro shot, high magnification, many details of this dragonfly. Shallow depth of field.

Beautiful dragonfly perched on a wooden log in the direct sunlight.

An image of a Willow Emerald Damselfly perched on foliage

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