Green Metallic

This damselfly with the expensive paint job I saw yesterday is one of the spreadwings (Lestidae), pantserjuffers in Dutch, small at about 35mm (1.4") in length.

It was hiding in the grass, but I saw it, so it wasn't very good at hiding:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f8, 1/400s}

From another angle:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f8, 1/400s}

At some point it spotted me and put its blade of grass protectively between it and the big eye, and started staring with its big brown eyes:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO125, f8, 1/500s}

Time to move along.

I next noticed the blue ones were still at it; must be their hobby:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO125, f8, 1/500s}

That's all for now, I'm off for a walk in the sun, thanks for watching!