The last two species I have photos of, that is.
The first one I have only seen once. It is a green-eyed hawker (Aeshna isoceles), vroege glazenmaker in Dutch. I was lucky to get a shot before it took off, but it is not the best of photos:
Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO200, f6.3, 1/125s
The second species is the ominous-looking black darter (Sympetrum danae), zwarte heidelibel in Dutch. Again, I haven't seen these often, and the photos could be better:
Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO400, f8, 1/500s
Young males and females are partly yellow:
Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO400, f8, 1/125s
And that is the end of this series of photos, at least until I get another species in front of my camera; there are plenty more here in The Netherlands I haven't spotted yet.
Thanks for watching!
Let me know in the comments if you would like to see a similar series of photos of the smaller damselflies, or if you are truly fed up with photos of insects by now.