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@erikdepay.bsky.social

Goedemorgen mensen van de blauwe lucht.
De grote keizerlibellen van de foto's kwam ik in juni 2024 tegen.

#anaximperator #libellente #grotekeizerlibel @libellenjan.bsky.social

March 17, 2025 at 7:51 AM

RH Photography

@rhphotography1974.bsky.social

Net de grote keizerlibel gespot op Landgoed Schothorst in Amersfoort. Wat een mooierd!

#insect #insects #photo #nature #natuur #holland #photography #animal #dutch #grotekeizerlibel #sonya7III #sony #bokeh #fotografie #Anaximperator #bluesky #colours #weekend #libel #amersfoort

July 4, 2026 at 3:27 PM

Lizzie Harper Illustrator

@lizzie-harper.bsky.social

For #artadventcalendar day 12 here is an #Emperor #dragonfly #Anaximperator, completed for our local county Council (on an interpretation board about pond life). I love the combination of beautifully engineered wings + jewel-like bodies of these #insects #sciart #naturalhistoryillustration #🐡

Natural history illustration of Emperor dragonfly Anax imperator

December 12, 2024 at 3:37 PM

Tony Allen-Mills

@taminf.bsky.social

You can drive yourself crazy trying to photograph dragonflies in flight, but then you catch a Blue Emperor zipping across a pond, and you think: I could get to like driving myself crazy....

#photography #Anaximperator #nature #insects #summer

June 9, 2025 at 7:49 AM

Màxim Vivó

@maximvivo.bsky.social

L'emperador blau és l'espècie de parotet més gran que podem observar al nostre entorn. És enorme, la veritat.

#emperadorblau #libelulaemperador #anaximperator #emperordragonfly #parotet #libelula #dragonfly #albuferavalencia #sueca

August 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM

Ali Rajabali

@rajabaliphotos.bsky.social

I have seen more emperor dragonflies (Anax imperator) this year than in all my previous years combined 😍. I wonder if this is recency bias or whether they're having a bumper year?
#macrophotography #backyardnature
#odonata #dragonfly #entomology #insectweek #ecology #anaximperator

July 31, 2025 at 10:24 PM

Jill Orme

@ormejks.bsky.social

His Maj:
www.blipfoto.com/entry/339332...

#insects #invertebrates #Odonata #dragonfly #Emperor #AnaxImperator #RiverAvon #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #NatureWriting #MacroPhotography #StingsNWings #SmallWonders #MacroMonday #BritishDragonflySociety

An Emperor dragonfly hangs from a dock plant, which is untidy and running to seed. He is a large dragonfly, with a pale face, blue-green eyes, a green thorax and a blue abdomen with a broad black line running down the centre. The blue of his eyes and abdomen contrasts with the brown leaves and seeds of the plant. In the background of the image, behind the dock, is diffuse greenery.

July 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM

Jill Orme

@ormejks.bsky.social

Mum and Dad:
www.blipfoto.com/entry/339409...

#insects #invertebrates #odonata #dragonfly #emperor #AnaxImperator #flight #oviposition #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #NatureWriting #MacroPhotography #StingsNWings #SmallWonders #MacroMonday #BritishDragonflySociety #pondwatch

A male Emperor in flight over a pond. He is a large dragonfly with a yellow face, blue and yellow eyes, an apple green thorax and a mid blue abdomen with black markings. He is flying from left to right of the image, the background of which is a diffuse mosaic of greens and browns from the vegetation on the surface of the pond.

A female Emperor ovipositing into floating pond weed on the surface of a pond. She is a large dragonfly with an apple green thorax, green and yellow eyes, an aqua blue face, and aqua blue and brown markings on her abdomen.

July 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM

John Smyth

@johnsmyth.bsky.social

On a late August evening three years ago, I watched Emperor dragonflies aggressively defend their territories and hunt on the wing over a Burren lake. However, they too were being hunted by a nearby kestrel. #Burren #dragonfly #anaximperator #emperor #Ireland #nature #kestrel