Seaside Dragonlet (female): Kennebunk Bridle Path, Kennebunk, Maine, USA, July 2026 — Another interesting (to me) dragonfly, the little Seaside Dragonlet. This is a female. The males are all black with very faint suggestions of orange rings on the abdomen (what you might think of as the tail). It was a hot day, and the second shot shows the Dragonlet just going into obelisk mode, where the abdomen is pointed directly at the sun to minimize heat absorption. Dragonflies have no other way of regulating body temperature. The Seaside Dragonlet is, as its name suggests, one of the few dragonflies that breeds in salt or brackish water and is very common in marshes near the sea. Sony a6700. Sigma 16-300 Contemporary at about 800mm effective field of view crops. Program with insect modifications. Processed in Photomator.