Middleton Place, Charleston, SC
March 27, 2026
Silent Sunday: Surprise Damselfly
Tag Archives: Damselfly
Blue Damselfly On Boardwalk
A few of these snazzy looking damselflies, possibly one of the many Bluets, were buzzing the boardwalk at Beidler Forrest. Many of them landed on the walkway but this one paused on the railing, giving me an easy view.
Audubon Beidler Forrest, Harleyville, SC
July 9, 2023
First Damselfly Images Of The Year
I had actually seen a pair of damselflies a week or so ago but couldn’t get any usable images.
I saw two of these at the edge of a small pond that was mostly in the shade except for a few blades of a reed where one stopped to eat his prey.
I don’t know the ID, they were quite small, maybe an inch or inch and a half ( 2.5 – 4 cm).
Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
February 23, 2023
Mating Damselflies, Mid March
Yesterday I wandered by the spot where I witnessed Mating Damselflies, On Iris last April. The previous two nights had been below freezing so I was a bit surprised that there were a dozen or so tiny damselflies zipping around the edge of the pond.
It was breezy and my angle wasn’t great but I did capture this mating pair.
And this single, resting on a leaf.
Unknown species, small — maybe 1 1/2 inches long (3 to 4 cm)
Middleton Place, Charleston, SC
March 14, 2022
Blue-tailed Damselfly
I returned to the Iris patch where I spotted the mating damselflies with my new Canon 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM EF-Mount Lens.
A few Blue-tailed Damselflies used the broad leaves of the Iris plants as perches.
This fellow also used it as a lunch spot.
April 13, 2021
Middleton Place, Charleston, SC
Canon 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
Mating Damselflies, On Iris, 2
I’ve developed a few more images from April 5, the amazing Damselfly dance.
I know tall images don’t always display well in Word Press, but I did like this with the iris in the background.
I did sit on the ground a couple of times, but concern about ants and alligators kept me from lingering with the low view.
Mating Damselflies, On Iris Part 1
Mating Damselflies, On Iris
Before I could get a bloom of one of these iris in focus I recognized movement over the water as being dragonfly-like. Knowing the flowers would wait I turned my attention to what turned out to be damselflies.
At least a dozen pairs of mating Damselflies in several colors lit in the iris patch. They were quite small; I may have over sharpened these images. I have more and will try something different.
Damselfly In Grass
I recently spotted this Damselfly while walking a dike along the Ashley River and it stayed still once it found a perch, long enough for me to try manual focusing.
I’m also trying out Topaz Lab’s Sharpen AI software and am pretty amazed with the additional detail it pulled out around the damselfly’s head and along the wings, without looking overcooked.
