Dragonflies and damselflies living in the peat bogs in The Netherlands

Not all of them, but a few of them; there are some 50 species in my region alone and I haven't seen them all yet.

This is an azure damselfly. I love that colour:

Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO100, f5.6, 1/500

A blue-tailed damselfly, same colour, but less of it:

Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO100, f5.6, 1/125

I don't know what this one is called:

Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO200, f8, 1/50

This is one of the lestidae, but I don't know which one. They have a nice metallic sheen on their shoulder bit:

Olympus XZ-1, 28mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/80

And another one:

Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO100, f8, 1/125

These are small emerald spreadwings depositing eggs. They are quite rare here, so I hope the eggs survive:

Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO100, f5.6, 1/125

Small red damselflies mating, which seems to take some doing. They are also rare, so cheer them on:

Olympus XZ-1, 28mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/100

You can tell where the broad-bodied chaser gets its name:

Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO100, f5.6, 1/100

The green-eyed hawker has amazing eyes; I almost forgot to take a picture:

Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO200, f6.3, 1/125

A four-spotted chaser low down in the grass at the end of the day:

Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO200, f8, 1/250

The same one after a hazardous landing in a blackberry bush:

Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO100, f8, 1/160

This is a large red damselfly (and its shadow) showing off its colours:

Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO200, f8, 1/250

A ruby whiteface doing stretching exercises:

Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO100, f8, 1/320

The ruddy darter:

Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/50

A migrant hawker on a blackberry bush:

Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO200, f8, 1/200

The common darter:

Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO200, f8, 1/160

This emperor dragonfly is big, its body measures about 8cm (3.15"). It wouldn't let me get close, unfortunately, so heavily cropped:

Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO100, f5.6, 1/160

I was startled by this blue hawker, all I wanted was a blackberry:

Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO100, f4, 1/125

I will be back with more (if I can find them).