Detailed Side On Image of a Pair of Common Blue Damselflies (Enallagma cyathigerum) in a ‘Mating Wheel’ on a Yellow Iris, Beside a Garden Pond.

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Detailed side on image of a pair of Common Blue Damselflies (Enallagma cyathigerum) as they mate on a yellow Iris flower beside a garden pond. This embrace is known as a ‘Mating Wheel’. They can be found throughout Europe around any water body where they lay their eggs. The males are fiercely territorial, defending their females from other males and also other species

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Size: 6000px × 4000px
Location: Great Torrington, Devon, England. Europe
Photo credit: © John Insull / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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