Exterminator Transformer

[mark greenhill]

It has probably been our wettest year on record and farmers have been rejoicing over what is promising to be a bumper harvest.
But so too are the locusts. Today I came upon a cloud of them exterminating crops, transforming pastures into dust.
One found its way onto the dashboard of my car and thereby to my desktop and the forum.
I dare not post him to the Landscape forum lest I'm plagued with questions.

E-3, 14-42mm Kit lens, 1/640 @ f/5.6 @ ISO320

This is my very first 'dragonfly' (I think) Shot from my car at full zoom from about 3 metres.
70-300mm (140-600mm Equiv.) Olympus standard zoom, 1/400 @ f/5.6 @ ISO800​

 

[TwentySixDays]

Nice when they come and pose for you.
How big was the "dragon fly"?

Did you manager to get any shot of the "lucust cloud" - do they just as black cloud or swarm an make patterns like starlings?

 

[mark greenhill]

Nice when they come and pose for you.
How big was the "dragon fly"?

Did you manager to get any shot of the "lucust cloud" - do they just as black cloud or swarm an make patterns like starlings?

The Dragonfly was about 6cm I would say and I got no shot of the locust cloud which in this region, NE Victoria, is not very dense as it is north in NSW.

 

[TwentySixDays]

The Dragonfly was about 6cm ...

I think dragonflys have 4 wings, could be a mayfly unfortunately my book is only for England but I sure someone will be able to ID it for you.