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.

The dragonfly grabbed the house gecko and fell onto a piece of driftwood

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

Dot-winged Baskettail
Berry Springs Park and Preserve
Georgetown, Tx