A trip on the car ferry and a short drive to the Hampshire town of Whiteley yesterday was ostensibly in search of butterflies.However dragonflies took main attention as the area visited is criss-crossed with wooded streams and brooks. Here there are Beautiful Demoiselles at any sunny spot and also the occasional Golden-ringed Dragonfly patrolling the waterway.
The short sequence of photos below show a female demoiselle ovipositing into a reed stem at one such wooded stream,choosing a small sunny glade.After laying into the stem she went to a branch very close by either to continue egg laying or perhaps to clean herself.
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