Emerald Damselfly (Lestes sponsa) - a photo on Flickriver

            If anyone is interested and thanks to Steb1 for the info the light blue colouration is as follows.

In insects, a "bloom" caused by wax particles on top of an insect's cuticle that covers up the underlying coloration, giving a dusty or frosted appearance. The pruinescence is commonly white to pale blue in color, but can also be gray, pink, purple, or red; these colors may be produced by Tyndall scattering of light. When pale in color, pruinescence often strongly reflects ultraviolet.

A medium-sized damselfly which characteristically holds wings open at 45 degrees when perched, unlike other damselflies. Males are metallic green with powder blue eyes, thorax sides and bands across first and last two abdominal segments. The females are similar but lack any blue colouring.

Taken on: July 30, 2021

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Odonata

Canon EOS R5

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105mm F2.8 MACRO EX DG OS HSM

United Kingdom

Male

Pope Shield diffuser

Damselfly

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Whixall Moss Nature Reserve (Marl Allotment)

Shropshire

in camera 1.6 crop

England

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Camera: Canon EOS R5, f/11.0, 1/200 sec, 105mm, ISO 320 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS R5
Lens:	105.0 mm
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.005 sec (1/200)
Focal Length:	105mm
ISO:	320
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	On, Fired
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 11.1 (Windows)
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