MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Ruddy Darter (Sympetrum sanguineum), Hassloch, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

Will Watson / Female Ruddy Darter (Sympetrum sanguineum) on Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare), Lviv, Ukraine, July

MYN / Matt Cole / Male Ruddy darter dragonfly (Sympetrum sanguineum) on a seed head, Leicestershire, England, UK, July. meetyourneighbours.net project

Paul Harcourt Davies / Ruddy darter dragonfly female (Sympetrum sanguineum) resting on flower, Lake mezzano / Lago di Mezzano, Latera, Lazio, Italy, August

Paul Harcourt Davies / Ruddy darter dragonfly (Sympetrum sanguineum ) female, close-up of face, Lago di Mezzano, near Latera, Lazio, Italy, July

Paul Harcourt Davies / Ruddy darter dragonfly male (Sympetrum sanguineum) on flower spike, Lago di Mezzano, near Latera, Lazio, Italy, July

Robin Chittenden / Ruddy darter (Sympetrum sanguineum) at rest, Strumpshaw Fen RSPB Reserve, Norfolk, UK, July

Fabrice Cahez / Ruddy Sympetrum (Sympetrum sanguineum) perched on a flower head. Allier, France, July.

Hermann Brehm / A pair of Ruddy Darter Dragonflies (Sympetrum sanguineum) forming a mating wheel. The male is red. Bavaria, Germany, August.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Ruddy Darter dragonflies (Sympetrum sanguineum) close up of mating. Male is red, and above the female. Italy, Europe.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Ruddy Darter dragonflies (Sympetrum sanguineum) close up of mating. Male is red, and above the female. Italy, Europe.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Ruddy darter dragonfly (Sympetrum sanguineum) female resting on post feeding on midge that she has just caught, Italy