NEW YORK: This insect looks like it is covered in diamonds as morning dew gathers on its wings and body.
Captured in close-up, the dragonfly – which looks like it has been bejewelled – is perched peacefully on a stick.
It is joined by an even smaller insect, a damselfly, which ends up landing on the larger dragonfly’s tail.
Photographer Adhi Prayoga was in a rice field near his home in Mataram Lombok, in Indonesia, when he spotted the slumbering bug.
The 43-year-old entrepreneur said: “I was there to take pictures of small insects and the morning dew. I was in the rice field for about two hours.
“The dragonfly was covered with morning dew and it was a perfect opportunity for a photo when the smaller damselfly landed above the dragonfly.
“He did not even realise it had landed on him, probably because his body was covered in morning dew.
“But when the dew started to slowly dry out he began to realise he was being used as a perch and moved his body before flying away.”
Mr Prayoga used a canon EOS 60D and canon 100mm macro lens to snap the close-up photos.
