Banded Demoiselle
Here’s a Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) from this summer:
![Banded Demoiselle - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Banded-Demoiselle-2154.jpg)
They get better the closer you look:
![Banded Demoiselle - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Banded-Demoiselle-2210.jpg)
If you have any children in your life then getting them a magnifying glass or a microscope is surely worth considering. There’s an endless world of fascinating detail out there:
![Banded Demoiselle - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Banded-Demoiselle-2714.jpg)
Nature keeps on giving the more you ask.