Nick Upton / Male Ruddy darter dragonfly (Sympetrum sanguineum) sun basking on a Bracken leaf (Pteridium aquilinum), Studland Heath, Dorset, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Ruddy darter dragonfly (Sympetrum sanguineum) female eating a fly while standing on a bracken frond, Studland heath, Dorset, UK, July.

Alex Hyde / Ruddy darter dragonfly (Sympetrum sanguineum) Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, UK, September.

Alex Hyde / Compound eyes of Ruddy darter dragonfly (Sympetrum sanguineum) Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, UK, September.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Ruddy darter dragonfly (Sympetrum sanguineum), Göttelborn, Pfalz, Germany. August. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Ruddy darter dragonfly (Sympetrum sanguineum), Göttelborn, Pfalz, Germany. August. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Ruddy darter dragonfly (Sympetrum sanguineum), Göttelborn, Pfalz, Germany. August. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Ruddy darter dragonfly (Sympetrum sanguineum), Göttelborn, Pfalz, Germany. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Jussi Murtosaari / Ruddy darter dragonfly (Sympetrum sanguineum), male, Uusimaa, Finland, August.

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

Jussi Murtosaari / Ruddy darter dragonfly (Sympetrum sanguineum) male resting on tree trunk. Helsinki, Finland. August.