Ode-vent Day 16

I had hoped to include Downy Emerald (Cordulia aenea) here, a medium-sized dragonfly with a metallic green body and bright green eyes.  It is quite common in Brussels, especially in the Sonian Forest, but is always constantly patrolling to and fro and never seems to rest, so that I've never managed to photograph one.
Moving swiftly on to the archetypal dragonflies, the genus Libellula, therefore, it is the turn of Four-spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata).  Another widespread species, it is especially common on heathlands but can also be found at a few well-vegetated waters in Brussels.  It gets its name from the distinctive, dark spots on each wing and is one of our most photogenic species.