Ross Hoddinott / Large red damselfly beside nymphal case {Pyrrhosoma nymphula} Cornwall, UK

Jan Hamrsky / River snail (Viviparus sp.) and Large red damselfly nymph (Pyrrhosoma nymphula), Europe, April, controlled conditions

Robert Thompson / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) Brackagh Moss NNR, Portadown, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland. May.

Ross Hoddinott / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) resting on common horsetail, Broxwater, Cornwall, UK. April 2017.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Large red damselfly {Pyrrhosoma nymphula} emerging from nymphal case, Cornwall, UK. April

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Large red damselfly {Pyrrhosoma nymphula} emerging from nymphal case, Cornwall, UK. April Sequence 5/7

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Large red damselfly {Pyrrhosoma nymphula} emerging from nymphal case, Cornwall, UK. April Sequence 7/7

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Large red damselfly {Pyrrhosoma nymphula} emerging from nymphal case, Cornwall, UK. April Sequence 6/7

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Large red damselfly {Pyrrhosoma nymphula} nymph about to hatch, Cornwall, UK. April, Sequence 1/7

Stephen Dalton / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) in flight over Plantain flowers, UK

Stephen Dalton / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) head portrait, UK

Ross Hoddinott / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) emerging from nymphal case. Broxwater, Cornwall, UK. Sequence 2/3

Kim Taylor / Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) nymph. UK

Ross Hoddinott / Large Red damselfly {Pyrrhosoma nymphula}, Tamar lakes, Cornwall. UK

Ross Hoddinott / Large red damselfly {Pyrrhosoma nymphula} emerging from nymphal case, Cornwall. UK

Ross Hoddinott / Large red damselfly {Pyrrhosoma nymphula} emerging from nymphal case, Cornwall. UK

Robert Thompson / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) head detail, Brackagh Moss National Nature Reserve, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. May.

Will Watson / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula), resting on a reed, Herefordshire, England, UK. June.

Bernard Castelein / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) mating and female laying eggs in vegetation, under the waterline, Brasschaat, Belgium, June.

Ross Hoddinott / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) resting on common horsetail, Broxwater, Cornwall, UK. April .

Rod Williams / Female Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) Beverley Court Gardens, Lewisham, London, England, UK. June

Ross Hoddinott / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) emerging from larval case. Cornwall, England, UK. April.

Nick Upton / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) male eating a Green drake mayfly (Ephemera danica) head first on a river bank reed, Wiltshire, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) sunning on a Bracken frond, Dorset heathland, UK, May.

Bernard Castelein / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) resting on Fern frond. Brasschaat, Belgium. May.

Bernard Castelein / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) pair in tandem, female ovipositing. Brasschaat, Belgium. June.

Andy Sands / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) perched on the bud of a Lavender flower in garden, Hertfordshire, England, UK, April - Focus Stacked

Ross Hoddinott / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) emerging from nymphal case, Cornwall, UK. April.

Nick Upton / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) resting on vegetation fringing a garden pond, Wiltshire, UK, May.

Bernard Castelein / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) recently emerged from nymphal case (right), Brasschaat, Belgium. April

Ross Hoddinott / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) emerging from nymphal case, Broxwater, Cornwall, UK. April.

Jan Hamrsky / River snail (Viviparus sp.) and Large red damselfly nymph (Pyrrhosoma nymphula), Europe, April, controlled conditions

Jan Hamrsky / Large red damselfly nymph (Pyrrhosoma nymphula), Europe, April, controlled conditions

Jan Hamrsky / Large red damselfly nymph (Pyrrhosoma nymphula), Europe, April, controlled conditions

Jan Hamrsky / Large red damselfly nymph (Pyrrhosoma nymphula), Europe, April, controlled conditions

Jan Hamrsky / River snail (Viviparus sp.) and Large red damselfly nymph (Pyrrhosoma nymphula), Europe, April, controlled conditions

Jan Hamrsky / River snail (Viviparus sp.) and Large red damselfly nymph (Pyrrhosoma nymphula), Europe, April, controlled conditions

Ross Hoddinott / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) emerging from nymphal case, Cornwall, UK. April 2018.

Danny Green / Large red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula). Glen Affric, Scotland, June.

Robin Chittenden / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) Norfolk, England, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) female laying eggs on aquatic plants in a pond, Wiltshire, UK, June.

Oliver Wright / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) resting on stem, covered in early morning dew. Timble Ings, North Yorkshire, England, UK. June. Focus stacked.

Oliver Wright / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) close-up, covered in early morning dew. Timble Ings, North Yorkshire, England, UK. June. Focus stacked.

Oliver Wright / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) head covered in early morning dew. Skipwith Common National Nature Reserve, North Yorkshire, England, UK. May. Focus stacked image.

Ross Hoddinott / Large Red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) covered in dew, creatively out of focus, Broxwater, Cornwall, UK. July

Ross Hoddinott / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula), with creative focus on wing tip to highlight shape and form, Broxwater, Cornwall, UK. June.

Ross Hoddinott / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) resting among backlit reeds by the pond's edge, Cornwall, UK. May.

Ross Hoddinott / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) covered in dew resting on a backlit reed by the pond's edge, Cornwall, UK. May.