Jose B. Ruiz / Ruddy darter dragonfly {Sympetrum sanguineum} Pl de Xirau, Alicante, Spain

Bernard Castelein / Ruddy Darter (Sympetrum sanguineum) male resting. Brasschaat, Belgium. August.

Bernard Castelein / Ruddy darter (Sympetrum sanguineum) male landing on stem. Brasschaat, Belgium. September.

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

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

Paul Harcourt Davies / Ruddy darter dragonfly (Sympetrum sanguineum) male resting on post, Umbria, Italy

Paul Harcourt Davies / Ruddy darter dragonfly (Sympetrum sanguineum) male resting on post, Umbria, Italy

Paul Harcourt Davies / Ruddy darter dragonfly (Sympetrum sanguineum) male resting on post, Umbria, Italy

Graham Eaton / Ruddy Darter dragonfly (Sympetrum sanguineum) mating pair, Clwyd, Wales, UK, August

Graham Eaton / Ruddy Darter dragonfly (Sympetrum sanguineum) on leaf, Clwyd, Wales, UK, August

Jose B. Ruiz / Close-up of Ruddy darter dragonfly {Sympetrum sanguineum} Plá de Xirau, Alicante, Spain

PREMAPHOTOS / Male Ruddy darter dragonfly {Sympetrum sanguineum} UK

Kim Taylor / Ruddy Darter Dragonfly {Sympetrum sanguineum} male sunning, Dorset, UK

Ingo Arndt / Ruddy Darter (Sympetrum sanguineum) dragonfly, Germany

Chris Shields / Illustration of Ruddy Darter (Sympetrum sanguineum), Libelluidae. Endemic to Europe.

Robert Thompson / Ruddy darter dragonfly (Sympetrum sanguineum) Montiaghs Moss NNR, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK

Robert Thompson / Ruddy darter dragonfly (Sympetrum sanguineum) male, Montiaghs Moss NNR, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, July

Robert Thompson / Ruddy darter dragonfly (Sympetrum sanguineum) immature male, Montiaghs Moss NNR, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK

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

Konrad Wothe / Ruddy darter dragonfly (Sympetrum sanguineum) in flight, Upper Bavaria, Germany, August.