Dragonfly

[joe]

Taken on Saturday at Lwwt

[Catherine]

Really good, Joe!

Is it trying to eat a blue Damselfly in the first one?

(I know it's ovipositing in the others...)

Here was one I saw at Exbury the other day..

[rolf]

Nice shots Joe, does look like the first one is dining whilst laying.

Is the one in your shot alive Catherine, looks a little low in the water.

[joe]

Yes, she was having a meal, I noticed the movement and looked through the lens and realised so took the shots.
Nice pic Catherine

[Catherine]

She was very much alive, Rolf! She was resting on the 'skin' of the water, and flew off afterwards.

I couldn't get a good pic because I was at the very edge of the pond, had to lean over to take the pics, and most were spoiled by the leaves in the foreground.

Here are a few other pics of her - ones I'd discarded before you asked!

[There are several other insects floating or moving on the water. The Pond Skater is insectivorous, but only eats small insects - although he does seem to be trying to hold on to her wing in the last pic!]

[joe]

It just goes to show that discarded pics are good.