This female damselfly blended in almost perfectly with her surroundings yesterday as she deposited eggs in the shallow water at the edge of Mulligan Pond at Jackson Miles Abbott Wetlands Refuge at Fort Belvoir. I love the way that the shadows changed as she dipped the tip of her abdomen into the water.
I have real difficulties in identifying female damselflies, but in this case I am not too concerned. I was so caught up with the colors, shapes, and lighting in this image that identification seemed of secondary importance.
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Mike Powell 
Spectacular images, Mike. I love the earth and amber tones in this series and also the way the sinuous curve of the abdomen relates to the shape of the leaves behind.
As an aside, I was thinking about you the other day as I tried to photograph frogs. I thought to myself how you would get excellent shots of the frogs I was struggling to capture plus would be able to identify them right away.
i remember when i was young i usually catch these dragonflies.. no worries, i set them free after.. i just want to share that in our local language we call this tutubing karayom.. tutubi means dragonfly and karayom means needle.. the big ones are tutubing kalabaw.. kalabaw is carabao.. they are wonderful creatures and part of my childhood 🙂