Recent excursions to meadows and wetlands have yielded additional images of dragonflies and damselflies.
Halloween Pennant (
Celithemis eponina, 1.5")
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| Halloween Pennant |
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| Halloween Pennant (male and female) |
Autumn Meadowhawk (
Sympetrum vicinum, 1.3") - also named Yellow-legged Meadowhawk - (tentative ID)
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| Autumn Meadowhawk |
White-faced Meadowhawk ( Sympetrum obtrusum, 1.3") - the most common dragonfly that I have seen this time of year.
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| White-faced Meadowhawk - mating pair |
Eastern Least Clubtail (Stylogomphus albistylus) - I really puzzled over this ID, and it remains tentative - call it a notch above best guess ...
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| Eastern Least Clubtail |
Northern Spreadwing ( Lestes disjuncus, 1.6") - aka Common Spreadwing - tentative ID
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| Northern Spreading |
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Canada Darner (Aeshna canadensis, 2.8") - Rarely have I spent so much time trying to get a photograph. This dragonfly was patrolling his patch of wetlands with unflagging energy, occasionally dipping to the water's surface, but never perching. Occasionally he hovered long enough to get a few reasonably focused photos ...
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| Canada Darner |
The Spangled Skimmer has appeared in a previous post, but this is a much better pose ...
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| Spangled Skimmer |
After straining for several hours to find and photograph dragonflies, I turned attention to chipping in a nearby shrub. A few "pishes" quickly brought a Common Yellowthroat out to investigate ...
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| Common Yellowthroat |
Whatever you are looking for, have fun doing it!!
Hi Chris. A very interesting and diverse selection of dragons and damsels.
ReplyDelete"Whatever you are looking for, have fun doing it," sounds like great life advice! Great pics, as always, thank you!
ReplyDeleteHello Chris!
ReplyDeleteFantastic to discover the dragon species you've got!
The Halloween pennants are fabulous, especially the mating wheel! Those wings are exquisite, we have only one species in France with dark patches on them.
If you show more, I won't say no!!