Female Coenagrion puella, the Azure Damselfly.
Beautiful. Was that in your garden? I want one!
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beautiful - great photo Robert
It was on my rhubarb. They breed in stagnant water; have you any about? My site is near the canal so we see a lot of them.
my pond is extremely new (still looking for edging stones), but I have had some damsel flies visit on a couple of occasions - two red and one blue - which was quite exciting. Thought they were dragon flies til I looked in here and saw Georgie's photo. The ones I saw had solid coloured bodies.
Suspect I won't get much done next year, already spending lots of time peering into the water looking for any movement !
You never know, but you won't get many from a small pond; the larvae are extremely predatory and decidedly antisocial. It will attract whatever's in the area though.