Two weekends ago, I took a long walk in Brooklyn and saw a huge number of Pantala dragonflies in Green-Wood, Prospect Park, and Brooklyn Botanic Garden. These rain pool gliders spend a lot of time in the air, so it’s hard to document them.
But I did manage to capture images of two perching Spot-winged/P. hymenaea
And here’s a mating pair in the air. The male, below, is essentially flying upside down.
Great Blue Skimmer/Libellula vibrans
Painted Skimmer/Libellula semifasciata
And another.
On one of my recent insect walks, a person with a dragonfly tattoo expressed surprise that dragon- and damselflies have an initial aquatic nymph stage. This is certainly not that.
A pair of Eastern Amberwings/Perithemis tenera adults somehow ended up in the drink, and may not have made it out (they were too far out for me to do anything about it). I presume they crash-landed in mating.
Backyard and Beyond 
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