Theo Bosboom / Close-up of a White-legged damselfly (Platycnemis pennipis) Meinerswijk, The Netherlands, June.

Marie Read / Eared grebes (Podiceps nigricollis), pair, one adult carrying food (damselfly) for two chicks riding on the other adult's back, Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge, Montana, USA

Theo Bosboom,Theo Bosboom / White-legged damselfly (Platycnemis pennipis), Meinerswijk, The Netherlands, June 2005. Highly commended, Animal portraits category, Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2006.

Colin Varndell / White-legged damselfly (Platycnemis pennipes) male at rest. Dorset, UK July.

Jussi Murtosaari / Blue featherleg dragonfly (Platycnemis pennipes), pair mating with female laying eggs, Finland, August.

Adrian Davies / White-legged damselfly (Platycnemis pennipes) female resting on leaf. Surrey, UK.

Kim Taylor / Immature White-legged damselfly (Platycnemis pennipes) on Horehound (Marrubium peregrinum) Bulgaria, July.

Kim Taylor / White-legged damselfly (Platycnemis pennipes) male, Bulgaria, July.

Colin Varndell / Male white-legged damselfly (Platycnemis pennipes) resting, Dorset, UK, July

Lorraine Bennery / White-legged damselfly (Platycnemis pennipes) pair, Haut-Rhone Francais National Natural Reserve, France, June.

Lorraine Bennery / White-legged damselfly (Platycnemis acutipennis), Senart forest, France, July.

Lorraine Bennery / White-legged damselfly (Platycnemis pennipes) parasitized with larva, Vosges Balloons Regional Park, France, August.