The male banded demoiselle uses his deep blue banded wings as semaphore to attract females or deter rival males from their territories.
The swallows' first broods have fledged, and the adults are now incubating eggs for a possible second or even third brood, with nests usually in secure spaces.
Young swallows have a long fledging period of about three weeks before leaving the nest, being fed by adults for another two weeks, even during flight encounters.
Damselflies, evolving more than 300 million years ago, are the 'new kids on the block' compared to the ancient dragonflies, with banded demoiselle being the largest species observed in fluttering groups around slow-flowing waters.
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