This 1996 picture is of "Mr. Blue", our first Blue-eyed Darner Dragonfly who
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 his son, `Blue Jr.'
1997
Blue Jr. forms a mating `wheel'.
This Mrs. Blue-eyed is the same color her mate, and is seen here inserting
her eggs into the stem of Creeping Primrose. And below is another view of
another female Blue-eyed Darner doing the same. This female is of the 2nd
type that does not have the same coloration as the male.
All our dragonfly and damselfly species prefer to lay their eggs in, on or around the Creeping Primrose. Some of the Blue-eyeds have even chose 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).