I continue my interest in dragonflies and the combined challenges of finding them, photographing them, and identifying them.
Twelve-spotted Skimmer and
Widow Skimmer, photographed July 29 at Wilson Wetlands, Putney, VT
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Twelve-spotted Skimmer |
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Widow Skimmer |
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The Cape May day trip on August 28 provided quite a variety of dragonflies
Blue Dasher ...
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Blue Dasher |
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Blue Dasher | | |
Eastern Amberwing ...
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Eastern Amberwing |
Eastern Pondhawk ...
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Eastern Pondhawk (female) | | | |
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Great Blue Skimmer ...
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Great Blue Skimmer (female) |
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Great Blue Skimmer (female) |
Swamp Darner ...
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Swamp Darner |
Common Whitetail ...
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Common Whitetail |
3 comments:
Fantastic pictures! Not easy to take pictures of!
Dragonflies are fascinating. To me they are the Faberge eggs of the insect world.
That Swamp Darner is amazing! I, too, love dragonflies - and all the challenges they present ;-)
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