Azure damselflies
One of three species of damselfly that bred in the pond, bringing our total of dragons and damselflies to at least 6 species breeding, out of 12 flying over the garden.
One pair of large red damselfies were laying eggs on a lily pad when the female got caught in the water. The male heroically dragged her over to the pond margin where they proceeded to crawl out of the water, only for a cat paw to flash out from the bushes and squish them...
It is hopeless at catching the tiny shiny whirligig beetles that have recently arrived and which spend the sunny days gyrating on the water film feeding on drowned insects.
One pair of large red damselfies were laying eggs on a lily pad when the female got caught in the water. The male heroically dragged her over to the pond margin where they proceeded to crawl out of the water, only for a cat paw to flash out from the bushes and squish them...
It is hopeless at catching the tiny shiny whirligig beetles that have recently arrived and which spend the sunny days gyrating on the water film feeding on drowned insects.