Female ovipositing while being guarded by the male. Pair were previously ovipositing while in tandem.

male guarding ovipositing female

male guarding ovipositing female

Male guarding egg-laying female, and escorting her between sites.

Laying eggs with the male hovering above guarding her.

Abundant along Grand River, photo depicts mating/ovipositing frenzy on leaf floating down river

Three dragonflies mating, seems like two females on the ends, confused

Was just photographing some ovipositing saddlebags when a fish came up and snagged the male! I've seen fish eat dragonflies before, but was never lucky enough to capture it.

Baskettail, failed emergence
Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve
Savage, Minnesota

I've never seen this behavior before. I thought it was a turtle at first glance. It stayed in this position until I had completely passed by, them emerged an flew toward the clutch observed nearby.

A rare eight-spot came in to join the horde of twelve-spots, thus forming the ultra-rare Twenty-spotted Skimmer

Quite a rare species in Texas and my first for this state. upupamartin and I had 6 or 7 of these in this area. Three images of a pair in copula and 3 images of a lone female

Florida Bluet riding a sandwich through the inky void. This is not an altered photo, nor was this my sandwich.

magiccarpetride

San Bernardino County, California, US
Cal Ode Blitz 2017

Blue Dasher passing over a Red-tailed Pennant

so many!

Hundreds present

Dragonfly palefaced

I think someone lost a buddy.

Predator

Large flying beetle. Gorgeous metallic green color.

(Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge)

Associated observations:
eastern pondhawk (predator):
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/29686503
parasitic dipteran on pondhawk:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/29686514