Black Tailed Skimmers

I can see a pair of dragonflies. They’re Black Tailed Skimmers, Orthetrum cancellatum, in tandem in beautiful weather.

Black Tailed Skimmers - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

The male has that bluish blush and is grasping the female by the back of the neck with the end of his abdomen.

Black Tailed Skimmers - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

They make a beautiful couple.

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