Canon 7D Canon 100-400 L IS @400, Monopod, ISO 200 1/800 sec f8.
These dragonflies present very few opportunities for capturing, the lavae spend 2-3 years in the water, they then pupate on the muddy river bank or less commonly, as this one did on a stem. Once the imago emerges from the exuvia it dies its wings and flies very locally to grass where it gathers strength. It then flies off to the tree tops eats a bit finds a mate or two, eats a bits more... and then that's pretty well it, after a couple of weeks that's his life over.
The pale sticky out bits are parts of the exuvia, the majority is on the far side of the stem.
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