This damselfly with the expensive paint job I saw yesterday is one of the spreadwings (Lestidae), pantserjuffers in Dutch, small at about 35mm (1.4") in length.
It was hiding in the grass, but I saw it, so it wasn't very good at hiding:
Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f8, 1/400s
From another angle:
Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f8, 1/400s
At some point it spotted me and put its blade of grass protectively between it and the big eye, and started staring with its big brown eyes:
Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO125, f8, 1/500s
Time to move along.
I next noticed the blue ones were still at it; must be their hobby:
Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO125, f8, 1/500s
That's all for now, I'm off for a walk in the sun, thanks for watching!
