Dragonfly in the garden!

[Bowenlady]

Went out to the garden to just have a sit down as the sun was nowhere to be seen. Saw this little creature near our little pond, on our washing on the line. Never seen one this colour. It’s just sitting there and not moving no matter how close we get. I do hope it’s okay. Any ideas what’s going on?

[suzannah16]

strange indeed. nope never seen one that colour before. looks like a wasp/dragonfly cross

[Bowenlady in reply to suzannah16]

It’s huge.

Black and yellow long bodied dragonfly staying still on a pair of trousers drying on line.

[Bowenlady in reply to suzannah16]

I have just looked it up. It’s The Golden Ringed Dragonfly.

[suzannah16 in reply to Bowenlady]

sounds like a fancy name. wow

[stiff19]

Beautiful 👍 hopefully it will be fine 🙏x

[Bowenlady in reply to stiff19]

Yes it’s flown off the washing now. I was worried it was there to die or something. Phew. It was probably attracted to the pond.

[stiff19 in reply to Bowenlady]

Yes we’ve had many this year in the garden and I’ve had to stop the chooks trying to catch them 🙈 they’re not too shy are they 😍 very pretty x

[svfarmer]

What a beauty - we had one in the garden yesterday too , a green/blue one x

[Spotty-ewe]

I have bees and sometimes butterflies attracted to my washing. I wonder if it is the scent of the washing liquid or conditioner that attracts them? What a beauty your golden ringed dragonfly is. Lovely to see. 😁 Thanks for sharing BL. Take care. Xx

[CecilyParsley]

Wow it is really beautiful. Thank you for sharing 😍 xxx

[Mollymaid]

Must be dragon fly season .. from my pond yesterday 😊

Yesterday … eyeing up a fish supper 😉

[Krazykat26]

WOW!! What a beauty 😍Like the trousers too!! 😉🌈😽😽Xx

[Bowenlady in reply to Krazykat26]

Oh don’t! Those are my sloppy Joe house trousers

[Pumpkin2009]

I think it picked the spot knowing it was a perfect background. Stunning. So glad you shared.

[TeaandToast94]

Oh wow isn’t nature fascinating?! We get small blue ones in our garden and I’m always so excited to see them ☺️