Calopteryx virgo meridionalis
Calopteryx virgo meridionalis (just after mating)
Calopteryx virgo meridionalis
Calopteryx virgo meridionalis (male guarding ovipositing female)
Calopteryx virgo meridionalis
Calopteryx virgo meridionalis (ovipositing female)
English name: Beautiful Demoiselle (mediterranean subspecies)
Dutch name: Bosbeekjuffer (zuidelijke ondersoort)
Photos taken near St. Jean du Gard, Southern France, the 14th of August 2002

Note: Southern European subspecies of C. virgo.

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© 2005 by Antoine van der Heijden