Red Dragonfly & Eggs

This beautiful red Dragonfly wouldn’t move while we were removing weeds and it wasn’t until I processed that I saw it had a bead of eggs around the waist so it must have been in the process of laying them.

A6400, FE 70-200mm F4 G OSS

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Hi Don, another great shot. Love the colour and details.
Cheers
Peter

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These are parasite eggs (I think mites). Dragonflies lay eggs from the “end” of their abdomen, in water.

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