Close Up Fleurs and Bugs!

Azure

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I don't have a macro lens (yet) but I love to shoot flowers and bugs

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Azure said:
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Hi, good photo but that's not a damsel fly I'm afraid, it's a dragonfly. You can tell the difference quite easily. When a dragonfly lands it keeps its wings out horizontally a damselfly folds them back along its body as shown below. You can see how the dragonflies wings are attached to the top of the thorax a little like the rotor blades on a helicopter while those on the damselfly are at the rear of the thorax a little more like a pusher propeller.

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Evolutionist said:
Hi, good photo but that's not a damsel fly I'm afraid, it's a dragonfly. You can tell the difference quite easily. When a dragonfly lands it keeps its wings out horizontally a damselfly folds them back along its body as shown below. You can see how the dragonflies wings are attached to the top of the thorax a little like the rotor blades on a helicopter while those on the damselfly are at the rear of the thorax a little more like a pusher propeller.
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Thanks Chris

I really shoulda known that :bonk:

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I do like the Lady Birds. Where were these pics taken, they're more exotic than the normal UK stuff.
 
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