As the summer wears on the variety of dragonflies increases. On hot summer days the birds might be scarce but the insect world is in high gear and there is no end of colourful subjects to take. This dragonfly landed in the open and was well lit, I couldn’t ask for more! I spent some time trying to identify it without any luck. If anyone knows what it is I’d love to hear from you.
August 2, 2016 at 5:36 pm
I so enjoy your photography! Thank you for following my blog. I feel honored.
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August 2, 2016 at 5:42 pm
Thank you very much!
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July 31, 2016 at 2:11 am
Nice shot of the dragonfly. It is a juvenile Dot-tailed Whiteface, Leucorrhinia intacta. I would suggest Dennis Paulson’s book as the best one for indentification and general information. He actually has two, one for eastern North America and one for the west, both very comprehensive.
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July 31, 2016 at 7:20 am
Thank you, I’ll have a look.
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July 26, 2016 at 10:15 am
Oh I love your photos. I took over 2000 nature photos in Florida this year,plus over 4000 in Spain,then had my two iPads stolen in a burglary two weeks ago with over 25,000 photos on….I had quite a few dragonflies,I love them. I’ve tried to get them back through iCloud without success only retrieved a few thousand. So I always appreciate other people’s beautiful shots…
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July 26, 2016 at 12:46 pm
Thanks very much. Terrible thing having all those photos stolen like that. I’m glad you were able to retrieve some.
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July 7, 2016 at 9:45 am
Nice to know that somewhere dragonflies are out. A real shortage here in the west — tho’ that could be because of the extreme dryness earlier in the season and lack of flying insects.
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July 7, 2016 at 10:08 am
That’s too bad – they’re such a pleasure to see.
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July 7, 2016 at 9:21 am
Attractive… 👌
I also captured Golden Dragonfly….
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July 7, 2016 at 6:53 am
Photographing dragons and damsels is a lot of fun. I never knew there were so many variations until I took a closer look last year. This one posed so nicely. I took a dragonfly photo workshop at the Holden Arboretum and learned that they soon often return to the same site after they fly away.
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July 7, 2016 at 7:35 am
They are fun to photograph and make for excellent subjects. Different varieties seem to appear daily.
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July 6, 2016 at 6:14 pm
Whatever (s)he is – (s)he’s a beauty!
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July 6, 2016 at 6:25 pm
Thanks Eliza!
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July 6, 2016 at 5:51 pm
Great shot, especially the way you captured the delicate wings over the legs.
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July 6, 2016 at 6:23 pm
Thanks very much!
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July 6, 2016 at 2:50 pm
Your dragonfly shots never disappoint! I don’t know the ID of this one.
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July 6, 2016 at 3:16 pm
Thank you! Pete Hillman thinks it might be a white faced darter.
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July 6, 2016 at 7:54 am
Lovely. I have been toying with the idea of buying a dragonfly identification book, but haven’t done so yet. 🙂
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July 6, 2016 at 8:09 am
Thank you. I have one, a very thick one, but I still couldn’t make an ID in this case😊
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July 6, 2016 at 3:42 am
What a wonderful image. It may be a White-faced Darter (Leucorrhinia dubia), a female, but it is hard to be sure from one photo.
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July 6, 2016 at 7:38 am
Thank you! I took several shots but all from the same angle. Identifying these insects isn’t easy.
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