Ross Hoddinott / RF - Banded demoiselles (Calopteryx splendens) male roosting among grasses, silhouetted against the sun reflected in the water, Lower Tamar Lakes, Cornwall, UK. July. (This image may be licensed eithe...

Ross Hoddinott / Banded demoiselles (Calopteryx splendens) male, roosting among grasses, silhouetted against the sun reflected in the water, Lower Tamar Lakes, Cornwall, UK. July.

Ross Hoddinott / Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) male, resting on grass head, Lower Tamar Lakes, Cornwall, UK. June.

Konrad Wothe / Chub (Squalius cephalus) trying to catch a Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens), Bavaria, Germany, June.

Ross Hoddinott / Male banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens), resting on flower head, Lower Tamar Lakes, Cornwall, UK. June.

Theo Bosboom / Banded demoiselles (Calopteryx splendens) pair still clasped together after mating, with two males resting nearby, the Netherlands, July.

Theo Bosboom / Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) male finding a place to roost, in common nettle, Roosendaal, the Netherlands. July.

Theo Bosboom / Banded demoiselles (Calopteryx splendens) males roosting among common nettles, Roosendaal, the Netherlands. July.

Theo Bosboom / Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) at sunrise, resting in the Common nettle, Roosendaal, the Netherlands. July.

Theo Bosboom / Close up of Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) wings, Roosendaal, the Netherlands, July.

Edwin Giesbers / Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) males resting on grass, Netherlands, August.

Edwin Giesbers / RF - Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) two males resting, Netherlands, August. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Edwin Giesbers / Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) group of four on plant stems, River Leijgraaf, Nijmegen, the Netherlands, August 2013. Finalist in the Invertebrate category of the Wildlife Photographer of th...

Ross Hoddinott / Male banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens), resting on reed, Lower Tamar Lakes, Cornwall, UK. June.

Jussi Murtosaari,Jussi Murtosaari / Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) male in habitat, Finland, June

Jussi Murtosaari / Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) male, Finland, August

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Banded demoiselle {Calopteryx splendens} silhouette of male on grass flower, Lower Tamar Lakes, Cornwall, UK. May

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Banded Demoiselle Damselfly (Calopteryx spendens) on grass stem, backlit in morning light Lower Tamar Lakes, Cornwall, UK, May. Winner of Seasons category of the BWPA 2011 competition. 2020VISION Boo...

Bernard Castelein / Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) head portrait, at rest on leaf, Brasschaat, Belgium

Russell Cooper / Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) male at rest on Yellow Flag Iris flower bud (Iris pseudacorus) Morden, South London. England, UK.

Russell Cooper / Female Banded demoiselle damselfly (Calopteryx splendens) London, UK.

Ross Hoddinott / Banded demoiselle {Calopteryx splendens} female at rest, Lower Tamar Lake, Cornwall, UK. May

Ross Hoddinott / Banded demoiselle {Calopteryx splendens} female at rest on plantain flower head, Lower Tamar Lake, Cornwall, UK. May

Ross Hoddinott / Banded demoiselle {Calopteryx splendens} male at rest, Lower Tamar Lake, Cornwall, UK. May

Ross Hoddinott / Banded demoiselle {Calopteryx splendens}, Tamar lakes, Cornwall. UK

Ross Hoddinott / Banded demoiselle {Calopteryx splendens} resting on grass head, Tamar Lake, Cornwall. UK

Bernard Castelein / Banded demoiselle male {Calopteryx splendens} Belgium

Chris Packham / Banded demoiselle reflected in water surface, UK

Silvia Reiche / Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) covered with dew, Netherlands

Ernie Janes / RF - Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) male in flight approaching yellow water lily flower, River Wensum. Norfolk, England, UK. June. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or roy...

Chris Mattison / Banded Demoiselle, (Calopteryx splendens), Dixton Embankment, Monmouthshire, Wales.

Jussi Murtosaari / Banded demoiselle damselfly (Calopteryx splendens) mating, on Yellow water-lily (Nuphar lutea). Joutsa, Central Finland. June.

Jussi Murtosaari / Banded demoiselle damselfly (Calopteryx splendens), two males fighting. Rutajoki River, Joutsa, Central Finland. June.

Rod Williams / Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) male. Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, UK. June.

Andy Sands / Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) male roosting at dawn covered in early morning dew, Hertfordshire, England, UK, July - Focus Stacked

Ross Hoddinott / Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx spendens) male, resting on horsetail, Lower Tamar Lake, Cornwall, UK. May.

Rod Williams / Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) female, Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, UK, June.

Rod Williams / Male Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, UK, June.

Ernie Janes / RF - Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) in flight River Wensum, Norfolk, UK. July. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Ernie Janes / Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) in flight, River Wensum, Norfolk, England, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Banded demoiselle damselfly (Calopteryx splendens) male sunning on a riverbank rush, River Avon, Wiltshire, UK, July.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) male on blade of grass, Denmark, July

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) female on blade of grass, Denmark, July

Andy Sands / Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) close up of head with early morning dew, Hertfordshire, England, UK, June - Focus Stacked Image

Ross Hoddinott / RF - Banded demoiselles (Calopteryx splendens) male roosting among grasses, silhouetted, Lower Tamar Lakes, Cornwall, UK. June. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Ross Hoddinott / Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens), Lower Tamar Lakes, Cornwall, UK. July.

Ross Hoddinott / Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens), male, Lower Tamar Lakes, Cornwall, UK. July.

Ross Hoddinott / Banded demoiselles (Calopteryx splendens) male, roosting among grasses, silhouetted against the sun reflected in the water, Lower Tamar Lakes, Cornwall, UK. June.