Most of the time that I see damselflies, they are perched in the vegetation. Powdered Dancer damselflies (Argia moesta), like this one that I spotted last week at Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, however, like to perch on bare ground, emergent stones, and along trails. Immature male Powdered Dancers are tan to dark brown, turn darker with age, and becoming almost completely whitish at maturity.
The “powdered” color of this damselfly helped in to blend in almost perfectly with the sand and gravel on this trail at the wildlife refuge. If I had not seen it land, I suspect that I would have had real trouble spotting this Powdered Dancer damselfly.
© Michael Q. Powell. All rights reserved.
Mike Powell 
Beautiful photo, Mike! Amazing textures of the pebbles in contrast to the Damselfly.
Thanks, Suzette. I think that those little rocks really do give a nice bit of additional texture and color that would be lacking if the damselfly had simply perched in the dirt.
Awesome!
perfectly camouflaged!
So dainty!😊Blue Rock HorsesFrederick County, Virginiabluerockhorses.com