In the Pyrenees mountains, the Yellow-winged darter

In Spain, a gentle climb from a beautiful lake at 1500m high, leads to 2 peat bogs in the becoming. There, Sedge Darners, Four-spotted Chasers and Yellow-winged darters are the main Anisopterae flying around; the latter are emerging by the hundreds, probably more.

Sympetrum flaveolum

The highest peat bog is on my left here, but doesn’t present a photographic interest since the water is covered by dense vegetation but the beauty of the carpeting flowers is amazing:

Yellow wing darters are perched on nearly every Common self-heal, but never on the yellow flowers of the Lady’s Bedstraw! It a dragonfly found in altitude around peat bogs and dams covered with dense vegetation.

Sympetrum flaveolumSympetrum flaveolum on Prunella vulgaris

Sympetrum flaveolumSympetrum flaveolum on Prunella vulgaris

Sympetrum flaveolumSympetrum flaveolum

Sympetrum flaveolum, mature femaleFemelle mature

Sympetrum flaveolum, maturing maleMâle tout juste mature

Libellula quadrimaculata, young female

Noushka

Passionate about Nature and photography but mostly animals and birds. I live in France at the present, but have lived in Africa for 16 years and in the U.S. for 3 years and with Australia in mind for the future. With my husband, I created and managed a Bird Park in South Africa, raising mainly psittacines; the breeding facility housed over 1000 parrots at any given time. My photography is about sharing fauna's beauty with other enthusiasts! Equipment: NIKON lenses: 400 mm Z F4/5, 800 mm Z, 500 mm, 200/500 mm, 800 mm f5/6E

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