The exuvia is the empty shell left behind after a damselfly emerges. At the Blue Pool on Friday we spent a lot of time watching and shooting along the waters edge. It is difficult at this stage to confirm the ID but the majority of damsels on the wing were either common blue or azure so likely to be one of those
drying out, a process which may take a couple of hours before the damsel is ready to fly
1/500, f10, ISO 800, 100mm
another damsel just emerged and close to the empty exuvia
1/320, f10, ISO 800, 100mm
drying out, a process which may take a couple of hours before the damsel is ready to fly
1/500, f10, ISO 800, 100mm
another damsel just emerged and close to the empty exuvia
1/320, f10, ISO 800, 100mm