This 1996 picture is of "Mr. Blue", the first Blue-eyed Darner Dragonfly to
claim our pond. He is on Typha mimima on the
'lawn side' of the pond. He presumably is the father of all the
nearly 60 Blue-eyed Darners who emerged from the pond in 1997! Next to/& below
him is probably his son, `Blue Jr.' 1997
Blue Jr. forms a mating `wheel'.
This female Blue-eyed is the same color as her mate, and is seen here inserting
her eggs into the stem of Creeping Primrose. Below this is another view of
another female Blue-eyed Darner doing the same. This other female is of the 2nd
type that does not have the same coloration as the male.
At our pond all our dragonfly and damselfly species prefer to lay their eggs in, on or around the Creeping Primrose. Some of the Blue-eyed Darners have even chosen to emerge from their larval state and metamorphose into their adult form on it. Click here to see a few pictures of Blue-eyed Darners emerging (night time flash shots).