Libellen

Dragonflies

They rest with their wings spread and hunt over every Dutch ditch. Hover a picture, or tap it on a phone, to hear the name.

15 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 libel — Red_grasshawk_(Neurothemis_fluctuans)_male_Phuket_2.jpg by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0
de grote keizerlibel — Anax_imperator_qtl2.jpg by Quartl, CC BY 3.0
de blauwe glazenmaker — Southern_Hawker_Dragonfly_Bavaria_Germany.jpg by Ebertakis, CC BY-SA 3.0
de bruine glazenmaker — Braune_Mosaikjungfer_(Aeshna_grandis).jpg by Darkone (talk · contribs), CC BY-SA 2.5
de paardenbijter — Aesmix.jpg by Pierre Dalous, CC BY-SA 3.0
de glassnijder — Hairy_dragonfly_(Brachytron_pratense)_male_Burren.jpg by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0
de platbuik — Broad-bodied_chaser_(Libellula_depressa)_male_dorsal_side.jpg by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0
de viervlek — Four-spotted_chaser_dragonfly_(Libellula_quadrimaculata)_male.jpg by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0
de gewone oeverlibel — Black-tailed_skimmer_(Orthetrum_cancellatum)_male_2_Postojna.jpg by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0
de bloedrode heidelibel — Sympetrum_sanguineum_LC0316.jpg by Jörg Hempel, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
de bruinrode heidelibel — Sympetrum_striolatum_3(loz).jpg by Loz (L. B. Tettenborn), CC BY-SA 3.0
de zwarte heidelibel — Black darter (Sympetrum danae) male.jpg by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0
de vuurlibel — Broad_scarlet_(Crocothemis_erythraea)_male_Cyprus.jpg by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0
de smaragdlibel — Downy_emerald_(Cordulia_aenea)_male.jpg by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0
de gewone bronlibel — Golden-ringed_dragonfly_(Cordulegaster_boltonii)_male.jpg by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0