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Odonata of Europe


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Image Size Photographer Description
43K Jens Kählert, Burg, Germany Anax parthenope (Selys, 1839), pair in oviposition, 9./10.10.96, Ribesalbes, Spain
79K Jens Kählert, Burg, Germany Cordulegaster boltonii (Donovan, 1807), male, 9./10.10.96, Ribesalbes, Spain (apparently an intermediary form between ssp. iberica Boudot & Jacquemin 1995 and ssp. immaculifrons Selys 1857)
43K Jens Kählert, Burg, Germany Orthetrum chrysostigma (Burmeister, 1839), mating wheel, 9./10.10.96, Ribesalbes, Spain
41K Jens Kählert, Burg, Germany Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis haemorrhoidalis (Van der Linden, 1825), female, 9./10.10.96, Ribesalbes, Spain
82K Jens Kählert, Burg, Germany Orthetrum chrysostigma (Burmeister, 1839), female, 9./10.10.96, Ribesalbes, Spain
74K Jens Kählert, Burg, Germany Sympetrum sinaiticum Dumont, 1977, male, 9./10.10.96, Ribesalbes, Spain
71K Jens Kählert, Burg, Germany Sympetrum striolatum (Charpentier, 1840), male, 9./10.10.96, Ribesalbes, Spain
75K Jens Kählert, Burg, Germany Sympetrum fonscolombii (Selys, 1840), juvenile male, 9./10.10.96, Ribesalbes, Spain
81K Jens Kählert, Burg, Germany Coenagrion hylas freyi (Bilek, 1954), mating wheel, 13.07.1997, Austria
87K Jens Kählert, Burg, Germany Coenagrion hylas freyi (Bilek, 1954), female, 12.07.1997, Austria
84K Jens Kählert, Burg, Germany Coenagrion hylas freyi (Bilek, 1954), male, Austria, 1997
64K Mr. Hans-Ulrich Kohler, Köniz, Switzerland Epallage fatime (Charpentier, 1840), male, Samos, Greece (14.06.1996)
47K Mr. Hans-Ulrich Kohler, Köniz, Switzerland Epallage fatime (Charpentier, 1840), female, Samos, Greece (13.06.1996)
74K Mr. Hans-Ulrich Kohler, Köniz, Switzerland Epallage fatime (Charpentier, 1840), mating wheel, Samos, Greece (14.06.1996)
28K Mr. Blaz Segula, Slovenia Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Sulzer, 1776), male, Slovenia (April 2000)


Many thanks to Mr. Jens Kählert (Burg, Germany), and Mr. Hans-Ulrich Kohler (Köniz, Switzerland) who provided the wonderful photos for this website, of which they of course hold the concerning copyrights! The photos of Coenagrion hylas freyi belong to the best available illustrations of this very rare and threatened subspecies.

This gallery shall only include high quality photos and photos of rare and/or extraordinary species of fossil and extant odonates worldwide.
If you also would like to share your best "shots" with dragonfly friends around the globe, please send them to Günter Bechly (Breslauer Str. 30, D-71034 Böblingen, Germany) for inclusion to this image gallery. Alternatively you may send a scanned image file attached to an email to the Günter Bechly.

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Last Update: 25th July, 2005

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