Banded Demoiselle, Calopteryx splendens a type of Damselfly, this is a female perched on vegetation beside a river

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Banded Demoiselle, Calopteryx splendens a type of Damselfly, this is a female which is greener and lacks the wing patch of the male perched on vegetation beside a river

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Size: 5472px × 3648px
Location: River Stort Tednambury
Photo credit: © Nigel Blake / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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