Dragonfly and Bug ID please

[CFB]

Could someone please identify these two dragonflies and one bug (shield bug?) for me. Seen in the Alpes-Maritimes at about 200 meters altitude.

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Thanks,
Colin

[Paul Wetton]

Hi Colin
Your first dragonfly looks like a female Large Pincertail (Blue-eyed Hooktail) - Onychogomphus uncatus with the blue eyes.

The second is a darter and has blue on the lower half of the eyes so possibly a Red-veined Darter - Sympetrum fonscolombii

No real idea on the bug except it may be some time of Harlequin Shield Bug.

Cheers
Paul

[Mikhail]

....and the bug is Eurydema ornata, the Ornate Shieldbug, a recent colonist of the south coast of England.

M.

[CFB]

Thanks a lot Paul and Mikhail, that's great .
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Colin

[David M]

That second dragonfly is particularly beautiful.

[CFB]

Thanks David.