When recently at Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge I spotted these two damselflies, which an expert identified as probable Big Bluets (Enallagma durum), I initially thought they were mating. Then I realized that the positions were all wrong and the nibbling on the neck was probably indicative of a literal hunger. Yikes.
As Tina Turner once sang, “What’s love got to do with it?”
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Mike Powell 
LOL! More than just a love bite, eh! 🙂
Yikes Yikes! UGH! M 😦
Oh my word! That’s a wee bit macabre but mostly hilarious. I’m going to have to tell my husband he’s lucky we aren’t damselflies.
With all your zombie art, macabre seems to appeal to you. 🙂
Totally!
Wow, kind of like spiders and praying mantids!
Indeed. I had no idea that damselflies ate damselflies their own size (and maybe even their own species).
And here’s what’s left when dinner’s over — a set of damselfly eyes! I watched the whole process that you caught in your photo. Just amazing.
Yikes.
Oooo