red and yellow visitors, love them!

[Julia]

Red dragonfly. There about 4 of them hovering around in the morning.
Yellow dragonfly. Just one.
Think the reds dont like the yellow guy. I wonder if dragonflies are territorial hmmm.

 

[j.w]

Wow those are really pretty ones! I notice when I have two at my pond that they dive bomb each other sometimes :razz:

 

[addy1]

Very pretty dragon flies!

from the net:
Male dragonflies are territorial. While waiting for females, they will chase off other males that enter their territory. Some species "time share." A male will occupy a territory for 20 minutes or so, and then move on to feed, allowing another male to use the territory for a short period.

 

[ididntdoit99]

I had some around my pond this weekend... didnt have my camera on me, and my phone couldn't zoom well enough to get a picture, they were black with white stripes... pretty neat looking ones, never seen any like them before. Usually I get blue ones around. just searched the net, found a picture of them

 

[j.w]

That's a very pretty one also 99...........gosh I sure do love dragonflies. I only see the blue or greenish ones here so far and might have seen a reddish one.

 

[Julia]

So males are territorial. That explains a lot of things.
My kois are very active when these guys are around. They sure can see the flying ones!

 

[buckry]

Cool, that pink one is awesome.