AWARDS: ENGLAND / WILTSHIRE / LAKE DISTRICT / WALES / SCOTLAND / COAST OF S.W. ENGLAND / COAST / STORMS / LAKES & MOUNTAINS / WINTER LANDSCAPES / DESERTS / ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY / BRITISH BIRDS 1 / BRITISH BIRDS 2 / BRITISH MAMMALS / BRITISH INSECTS / WORLD BIRDS / WORLD MAMMALS / NATURE
OVIPOSITING ODONATA
Emperor dragonflies are Britain’s largest flying insects. This female is laying eggs in a pond, while bring used as a handy perching place for a pair of azure damselflies to lay their eggs. The picture shows the range of size in our Odonata - and the risk taken by the damselflies, as the dragonfly could readily make a meal of them.
F/5.6, 1600th second, ISO 250
Accepted: Cheltenham 2023
