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knotweed-ireland.bsky.social
Dragonfly - Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum). #Dragonfly #CommonDarter #Insects #Wildlife #Ireland #Nature #Photography
June 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
s4r4h-l.bsky.social
#MacroMonday with a fabulous male red #CommonDarter at #MereSandsWood yesterday. @macrohour.bsky.social @britishdragonflies.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Fabulous common darter on a wooden fence panel
September 21, 2026 at 6:50 AM
rboley.bsky.social
Sometimes they choose just the perfect spot in the garden.

#InsectThursday #NaturePhotography #CommonDarter
Common darter on dried poppy pod
August 27, 2026 at 3:11 PM
freedomtodoubt.bsky.social
#Allotment with fire dragon

#CommonDarter
September 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
levondymond.bsky.social
Male Common Darter. August 2025

#commondarter #dragonfly #britishdragonflies #insects #nature #wildlife #omsystem #OMsystem #photography
A red, male, Common Darter dragonfly perches on top of a stick.
September 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
levondymond.bsky.social
Common Darter. September 2025

#commondarter #dragonfly #insects #nature #wildlife #photography #monochrome #ClassicMono #blackandwhite #omsystem #OMsystem #photography
a dragonfly sits on top of a stick with its wings drooped down. black and white photo.
October 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
levondymond.bsky.social
Common Darter. September 2025

#commondarter #dragonfly #britishdragonflies #insects #nature #wildlife #macro #photography #omsystem #OMsystem
a brown and red dragonfly sits on a tree stump.
September 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
debrig63.bsky.social
Common Darter Dragonfly seen on my woodland walk
#commondarter #Dragonfly #insects #invertebrates #Entomology #nature
Common Darter Dragonfly seen on my woodland walk
June 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
markhauser.bsky.social
A beautiful Heidelibelle common darter on the stream bank.

Have a great start into the new week☕

#heidelibelle #commondarter #dragonfly #sympetrum
#Nikon #Fotografie #naturephotography #photography #wildlife
April 15, 2024 at 7:55 AM
learls.bsky.social
Well hello there, little one🌱

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCommunication #EastCoastKin #macro #InsectThursday #insect #commondarter #dragonfly #photography #photographersofbluesky
A common darter, or dragonfly (Sympetrum striolatum) perches on a green leaf, facing me. The background is made up of blurred green leaves in the Fisherman’s Island State Park. He is looking right at me and seems to be communicating as he does so. He stayed there a very long time, patiently, as I tried to snap the photo; It was breezy, and the leaves blowing kept impeding my focus.
July 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
ormejks.bsky.social
Backlit:
www.blipfoto.com/entry/326653...
#insects #odonata #dragonfly #CommonDarter #SympetrumStriolatum #UKNature #WildlifePhotography #StingsNWings
August 3, 2024 at 10:09 PM
danrbphotograph.bsky.social
Common Darter Dragonfly!
#photography #commondarter #dragonfly #commondarterdragonfly #insect
May 25, 2026 at 7:00 PM
omnisppot.bsky.social
Three different male common darters
#commondarter #dragonfly
September 24, 2024 at 2:09 PM
omnisppot.bsky.social
Female common darter
#commondarter #dragonfly
October 1, 2024 at 10:09 AM
danrbphotograph.bsky.social
Common Darter Dragonfly and Small Skipper Butterfly!
#photo #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #ukwildlife #nature #naturephotography #outdoors #conservation #britishwildlife #britishwildlifephotography #grass #dragonfly #darter #commondarter #butterfly #skipperbutterfly
March 22, 2024 at 8:30 PM
thebeeguy.bsky.social
300 million years of evolution sat beside me on a log by the pond today eating his lunch.

300 million years.
And all he needs is clean #air and #water.

300 million years.
What a privilege to be in his company.

#dragonfly #commondarter
#beesanctuaryireland #nature
#evolution
Orange/red coloured common darter dragonfly stands on a log eating a fly.
October 7, 2023 at 12:14 AM
ormejks.bsky.social
A male Common Darter, checking the sky for danger.
#insects #invertebrates #odonata #dragonfly #CommonDarter #SympetrumStriolatum #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #NatureWriting #MacroPhotography #StingsNWings #SmallWonders #MacroMonday
A male Common Darter perches at the end of a reed above a pond. He is a small red dragonfly with a brown face and red-brown eyes. His brown thorax has bright red markings at the insertions of his wings, and alternate diagonal yellow and red stripes (2 of each) along the sides. His wings are clear with dark red wing spots. In this image his head is tipped back, as he looks up at the sky to check for danger.
August 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
timhopper.bsky.social
A couple of phone close-ups of the Common Darter dragonfly that visited me at the allotment last week 😍 #CommonDarter #Dragonfly #SympetrumStriolatum | #Allotments #AllotmentWildlife | #Kent #England
A Common Darter dragonfly (Sympetrum striolatum) resting on the lid of a plastic compost bin in the afternoon sunshine. See the wiki-link in comments for description 🤓 Another close-up of the dragonfly. It had moved position and its wings are now held lower.
September 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
debramartz.bsky.social
There I was, sitting on the ground at the fish hatchery in Questa, New Mexico, when this red beauty dropped in to join me! It was nice company for a very short while...

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@DebraMartz
#dragonfly #insect #nature #beauty #giftideas #CommonDarter
A red dragonfly perched on a dried grass stem, showing translucent veined wings and a detailed segmented body against a soft green blurred meadow background. Photography by Debra Martz
July 9, 2026 at 1:05 PM
sarahlonges.bsky.social
Sunshine After A Rainy Day #ShareMondays2025

On #Kos, #Greece for our 10th #Wedding #Anniversary, having originally tied the knot here 😊 I finally went to the #wetlands at #Psalidi and was overwhelmed with the abundance of #commondarter #dragonflies 😍 @greenwingstours.bsky.social #fujifilm_uk
A common darter dragonfly is perched on a rusty piece of metal wire from a fence surrounding a wetland area on Kos Island in Greece. The background has a golden semicircular glow from the bottom, fading to a pale blue sky. The golden colour is produced using a background of yellow broom flowers at a distance to create a blurred area of colour. The dragonfly’s body is horizontal in the image, with the upper wings lifted to the sky by a gentle breeze. This common darter is immature having recently emerged and appears similar colours to a female, but paler. Females are ochre/yellows and orange, becoming duller/reddish with age.
June 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
sarahlonges.bsky.social
Aflame #ShareMondays2026

A #CommonDarter #dragonfly perched on a #GiantCannaLily in #BushyPark. The only #flame like thing I want to see in park as the #drought continues 🔥 #nature #wildlife #odonata @theroyalparks.bsky.social @britishdragonflies.bsky.social @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social
This portrait aspect image shows a male common darter dragonfly (Sympetrum striolatum) resting on the tip of a closed floral bud of a giant canna lily (most likely the Tropicanna cultivar), against a warm, blurred background. The dragonfly is facing left in a near-profile view, resting its delicate legs on the pointed tip of the flower buds. It has a slender, reddish-orange abdomen, transparent wings with dark veins, and a robust thorax, characteristic of the darter family (Libellulidae), which is a mix of olive-green, yellow, and brownish tones. Its head is a warm reddish-brown with prominent, rounded compound eyes. Its long, slender abdomen extends horizontally to the right. Common darters frequently perch on prominent plant stems or the tips of vegetation to bask in the sun or watch for passing insect prey. The giant canna stalk is composed of tightly layered, fleshy, spear-shaped bracts or unopened flower buds that taper upward to a sharp point. These transition from deep dusty rose and purplish-pink at the base to lighter, muted green and yellow highlights near the upper edges. The background consists entirely of a smooth, painterly bokeh with no distinct shapes, of orange, pink, and yellow hues from the petals of an open canna lily flower, creating a dreamlike contrast that makes the sharp details of the dragonfly stand out.
August 24, 2026 at 8:44 PM
pandafeet.bsky.social
Joyful moment capturing a dragonfly on Walton Hall Pond :) Common Darter? #nature #waltonhallpark #norrisgreen #liverpool #dragonflies #commondarter
Dragonfly perched on a plant overlooking the pond Same dragonfly same pond ❤️
August 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
edmondslyn.bsky.social
I understand that this may be a Common Darter dragonfly (female?), with her wings held upright resting in the sunshine at Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire recently (06.08.25)
#InsectThursday #CommonDarter #Dragonfly
Close-up of a golden-brown dragonfly, with its wings held upright resting in the sunshine on a narrow branch of a tree, with a blurred green and brown background
August 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM
omnisppot.bsky.social
Female common darter, focus stack of 17 images.
#commondarter #dragonfly #focusstacking # macrophotography
September 20, 2024 at 9:51 AM
poorfrankraw.co.uk
I've been trying to get a shot like this for years.

#dragonfly #commondarter #canon #canonr5
A common darter, probably. There are a lot of very similar dragonflies to be honest and someone is bound to correct me. Anyhow, it is in flight, over our pond, flying left to right. 700mm, f/11.0, 1/2500s, 2500ISO, Canon R5, RF200-800 with 1.4x extender.
August 2, 2024 at 1:05 PM