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I absolutely love going out this time of year to observe dragonflies (and damselflies) and find new species! Here are a few for you...

Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina), male, family Libellulidae, found in eastern North America and the Caribbean

Photograph by Josh Atkinson

Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa), male, family Libellulidae, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, OH, USA

photograph by R. George - NPS

Red Grasshawk (Neurothemis fluctuans), family Libellulidae, Sumatra, Indonesia

photograph by Seynazhee ID

Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella), male, family Libellulidae, found in much of Canada and the U.S.

photograph by Jim Hudgins/USFWS

Crimson Marsh Glider (Trithemis aurora), male, family Libellulidae, Langkawi, Malaysia

A halloween pennant (Celithemis eponina) in North America

Spiral orb webs showing some colours in the sunlight in a gorge in Karijini National Park, Western Australia, Australia