Juffers

Damselflies

Thinner than a dragonfly, and they fold their wings when they land. Hover a picture, or tap it on a phone, to hear the name.

13 words

Image credits

Photographs and drawings come from Wikimedia Commons and are reproduced under the licences below. All have been resized and converted to WebP for this site; they are otherwise unaltered.

de waterjuffer — White-legged damselfly (45600872204).jpg by hedera.baltica from Wrocław, Poland, CC BY-SA 2.0
de weidebeekjuffer — Banded_demoiselle_damselfly_(Calopteryx_splendens)_male_4.jpg by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0
de bosbeekjuffer — Beautiful_demoiselle_(Calopteryx_virgo)_male_3.jpg by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0
de vuurjuffer — Large_red_damselfly_(Pyrrhosoma_nymphula)_male_Dry_Sandford.jpg by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0
het lantaarntje — Blue-tailed_damselfly_(Ischnura_elegans)_male_adult.jpg by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 3.0
de azuurwaterjuffer — Coenagrion_puella_LC0315.jpg by Jörg Hempel, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
de variabele waterjuffer — Variable_damselfly_(Coenagrion_pulchellum)_male.jpg by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0
de watersnuffel — Enallagma_cyathigerum-ZIMGP1037.jpg by Zampel, CC BY-SA 3.0
de grote roodoogjuffer — Large_red-eye_(Erythromma_najas)_male_Sørlimyra.jpg by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0
de houtpantserjuffer — 2017.08.06.-04-Kirschgartshaeuser_Schlaege_Mannheim--Weidenjungfer-Maennchen.jpg by Andreas Eichler, CC BY-SA 4.0
de gewone pantserjuffer — Emerald_damselfly_(Lestes_sponsa)_male_3.jpg by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0
de bruine winterjuffer — Common_winter_damselfly_(Sympecma_fusca)_male.jpg by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0
de blauwe breedscheenjuffer — White-legged_damselfly_(Platycnemis_pennipes)_male.jpg by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0