Green dragonfly

There are plenty of streams and waterfalls in the upland areas of Evia and we found a lovely, shady waterfall by a spring, just past the village of Platanistos. At first we thought there were lots of blue butterflies, dancing over the water and then realised they were gorgeous blue-green damselflies. I'm not sure of the exact species, so id would be welcomed. I couldn't get close enough to use my macro lens, so these were taken with the 100-300 and some aren't quite as sharp as I'd have…

This female Emperor Dragonfly hung out in our garden for a little while last year. Amazing to see her from close-up. #137186

Each dragonfly is around 7″ long and starts with an 18″ piece of florist wire. More wire is used to create the standing feet, eyes are made of beads and the wings are hand painted kozo …

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We have dragonflies around our pond; today one "hatched" from a nymph. They take a while for their wings to strengthen, so I had plenty of time to take photos as it clung on to a twig in the sun. View on Black: www.fluidr.com/photos/jointhedots/4802143981/

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Art using pretty bugs like dragonflies, lady bugs and butterflys, june bugs etc. My revulsion to ugly bugs like pototoe bugs and earwigs.

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