I don’t often see dragonflies perched on flowers, so I was really happy when this male Blue Dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis) decided to take a break on something more attractive than the usual broken swamp reed.
If you look closely at the dragonfly’s face (or click on the photo for higher resolution), you can see some interesting details, like his cute little bucktooth and some sparse sprouting hairs on his chin, like those of a human teenager. I also like the contrast in color between the blues and greens of his body and the pink of the flowers.
Why did the dragonfly choose to land on the flower? It almost looks like he is helping with pollination, but I suspect that is not the case. The answer to the question is probably much more simple—he landed on it, because it was there.
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Mike Powell 
As my grandmother used to say-he’s got a face only a mother could love.
You capture the most amazing images!
Thanks, Katherine. I have a lot of fun with my macro (and my other lenses too) and try to enjoy myself doing it.
WOW,, what a wonderful capture, Mike! It’s probably coincidence but his colours match the flowers perfectly, it’s almost as if he sought it out to have a great portrait taken 🙂
Nice one, Mike! That is an unusual place for a dragonfly to land, but whatever works…
Thanks, Sue. I love these kind of situations with incongruous elements.
Really cool shot, he has super cool lens on.
Dragonfly eyes are amazing. Wouldn’t it be cool to have vision that let you see almost 360 degrees. I read somewhere, though, that if our eyes were proportionately as large as though of a dragonfly, they would be the size of football helmets.