A pair of colourful willow emerald (Chalcolestes viridis) damselflies mating near a pond in Heather Farm Wetland, Horsell Common, Woking, Surrey, UK

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Location: Horsell Common, Woking, Surrey, England
Photo credit: © Graham Prentice / Alamy / Afripics
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