Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: They are popping up everywhere!!!!!, 3 by davefrance

davefrance wrote:
This being the first full year of my nature pond, my knowledge of all things that fly is proving to be totally inadequate. Thanks to the help of your responses I am getting there but would still appreciate a little more help if possible.
Here we go with photos 1-5

Skimmer/Emerald Female ??????

I think these are all the same dragonfly although one seems to have more black at the base of the head. think #5 had recently emerged from 4 as was very closeby and looks somewhat skinny.