And now I have the set – a banded demoiselle!
Today I took my camera on my dog walk, and decided to try to get a banded demoiselle photo by the river. The banded demoiselles seem more skittish than the beautiful demoiselles – every time I raised the camera the one I was looking at would fly off in a flurry of beautiful four-spot winged flight!
And then Lola realised I was after these irritatingly teasing creatures and tried to chase after and get to each one before me, which wasn’t a lot of help…
I spent quite a lot of time there by the river in the nettles, and have the painful weals to prove it. What I really wanted was a photo of the banded demoiselle male on a buttercup with the sun out – a tall order as it seemed determined to hide behind thick grey clouds today.
But at last – I managed it! Hooray!
And with its wings open:
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- Tagged: animal, banded demoiselle, buttercup, damselfly, flowers, insect, nature, photograph, river
lizbrownlee - poet 
Well done – and such patience! Did you then find and use the dock leaves?
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No! In fact I was so happy that I had the picture I didn’t notice the stings till that evening, when I wondered what all the huge red marks were on my arm and then remembered!
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Thought I’d left a comment! Guess not! Anyway, what I’d said was”Beautiful!”
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Thank you, Donna! They certainly make my walks magical at the moment!
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Gorgeous, Liz…aren’t God’s creatures amazing? Such beauty and variety!!
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They are fabulous – quite the prettiest ones I’ve ever seen!
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