Dragonflies - Communal Thread

Brachytron said:
It's an immature male Common Darter - you can just see the red appearing on his abdomen.
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The vulvular spur near the tip of the abdomen is just visible suggesting it's a female. Old females often acquire a red tint.
 
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Good catch with the in-flight. The perched dragon looks a tad over-exposed on my monitor. They're migrant hawkers.
 
Hi Mike.

You're right, it does look over exposed on this monitor, but not on the one I did the processing on, I must get a calibrator and adjust the screens so they are all the same.
Thanks for looking and for the comments.

Trev.
 
Awesome shots Mark, May I ask what lens you used?

Les

here's one from a day or two back - 1st time I've seen this on my pond!

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Hi,
Heres another from me, loads of these about still although the only water is a quarry next door but I wouldn't have thought that they would have come from that water spot.
No crop on this one. :)
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Brachytron said:
Hi @Graham.

That's a male Red veined Darter, which breeds in very shallow pools. Perhaps there's one close by.
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Thanks Nick, like I said, the only water about is in the Quarry, there is no other water for at least a mile or more.
The arrows show the path that I walk and see the dragonflies, min 100 seen every day between the furthest 2 arrows.
 
Looks very suitable Graham, this species has a very short life cycle of 2-3 months as larva and the same as an adult.
 
Here's another 2 from yesterday, 1st is I think a banded damsel but clueless as to the other. As always these we're photographed in the south of France :)
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I did not get to see many Dragonflies in Japan .... conditions were not great ... but I did get this distance shot which I think is a White tailed Skimmer, (Orthetrum albistylum)

We get them here in France but I do not think that they have reached the UK yet??

Distance shot so just a record shot

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BillN_33 said:
I did not get to see many Dragonflies in Japan .... conditions were not great ... but I did get this distance shot which I think is a White tailed Skimmer, (Orthetrum albistylum)

We get them here in France but I do not think that they have reached the UK yet??

Distance shot so just a record shot

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WTS_2.jpg


WTS_3.jpg
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Agree ID Bill.

Not seen in UK yet.
 
is this a Large Red Damselfly or a Dragonfly? I tried to look, but not sure.

Taken with my iPhone so not the best....

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As usual, there are some great Dragonfly/Damselfly images posted on this thread for the season.
Im a bit late to join the party this year, but heres a few of mine.
Cheers Paul.

Hawker Dragonfly, garden photo(uncropped). 6th-September-2015. by Testudo Man, on Flickr

Common Darter Dragonfly. 6th-September-2015. by Testudo Man, on Flickr

Common Darter Dragonfly, on my hand. (uncropped). 9th-September-2015. by Testudo Man, on Flickr

Migrant Hawker Dragonfly, garden photo (uncropped). 7th-September-2015. by Testudo Man, on Flickr
 
Testudo Man said:
As usual, there are some great Dragonfly/Damselfly images posted on this thread for the season.
Im a bit late to join the party this year, but heres a few of mine.
Cheers Paul.

Hawker Dragonfly, garden photo(uncropped). 6th-September-2015. by Testudo Man, on Flickr

Common Darter Dragonfly. 6th-September-2015. by Testudo Man, on Flickr

Common Darter Dragonfly, on my hand. (uncropped). 9th-September-2015. by Testudo Man, on Flickr

Migrant Hawker Dragonfly, garden photo (uncropped). 7th-September-2015. by Testudo Man, on Flickr
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Always nice to see your shots and these are no exception.
 
Graham said:
Always nice to see your shots and these are no exception.
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Thanks very much mate...Its been a long time since i posted any of my photos on this forum!...I can just about find some spare time for my Flickr account, but yeah, i should be more active on this forum...i just lurk in the shadows for the most part!;)
 
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