Damselflies are experts in keeping themselves on the opposite side of every straw they roost on. This is a common bluet from a stack of 39 exposures.
A common bluet hanging on the underside of a reed with the morning dew still covering its body. Stack from ten exposures.
The dragonflies seldom sit openly before they have been warmed by the morning sun. But this ruddy darter posed willingly on a solitary straw of grass for a few minutes.