The sun came for about 90 minutes on Sunday and that brought out hordes of dragonflies. I was able to get a few digitally immortalized and even managed to put names to them, although I stand to be corrected by anyone who knows better.
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| Meadowhawk, Sympetrum species. Not sure which one. |
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| Meadowhawk, probably Sympetrum internum - the Cherry-faced Meadowhawk |
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| Aeshna umbrosa - Shadow Darner. At 7.5 cm, this is a huge beast of a dragon. |
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| Green Darner - Anax junius - female. Also a beast at 6.8-8.0cm! |
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| Can you see it there toward the bottom? |
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| a cropped view of the image above. Looks like the common green darner again, impersonating a drone bomber. |
The sun disappeared and with it the dragons. I hope to see them again in a few days when the weather warms briefly and the sun reappears.
More variety of Dragons where you are, than where i am, Wilma. It`s been a poor year for em, in my area.
ReplyDeleteThe Green Darner, looks like three species joined together, with that colour scheme Wilma.
ReplyDeleteDean - some of these are just passing through right now.
ReplyDeleteRoy - It is my favorite of the bunch.
thanks for visiting!
cheers,
Wilma